Sugar was a source of energy and that’s precisely why people started to extract it from the earth in such large amounts. The calories that were once vital to our survival for strength is now a public health menace. Sugar can be responsible for obesity, diabetes, heart disease and cancer. Sugary drink consumption was the key driver to the obesity…
Now more than ever, it is clear that building a healthy foundation, both in our minds and bodies, is the key to long lasting health. My continuous quest to instill better habits led me to look at our own food theories and history, where I came across an approach that could be useful for a lot of us. Accessible, natural…
When I was a kid, I did alot of school hopping around the city, and as I did that I went through my fair share of school uniforms. I was told that we wore uniforms as a measure to bring the students under the same socio-economic umbrella. While I can acknowledge that it did, infact, do that, it also strongly…
Photo by Adam Jaime on Unsplash No matter how nutritious your plate of food is, it may not always look appetizing. More often than not we have already tasted our food just by looking at it. We’re either excited to have it in our belly or have dismissed it as something that our palate may not enjoy. What we see on our plate…
Photo by chloe s. on Unsplash Trigger Warning: Mentions of rape. The term “feminist” is a scary and confusing word to some, when it really shouldn’t be. It doesn’t mean that women rule over men, it doesn’t mean that everything a man does is wrong and it doesn’t mean we are ignoring the male POV. Feminism stands for equality amongst ALL genders. At…
Photo by Marcell Viragh on Unsplash While we are collectively dealing with a lot right now, we are also in a sort of awakening. More and more of us are suddenly more aware of the impact we have on our environment and why our collective decisions are becoming increasingly important. While the responsibility of saving the world cannot lie in the hands of…
In a society where overworking is glorified and a relaxed lifestyle is undervalued, we need to understand the importance of self care. By taking some time out to engage in self-care, you may relieve the pressures of everyday life and reset yourself to get back to a healthy point, where your well being and productivity is once again maximized. Self…
While Section 377 was taken down by the supreme court in 2018, the fight for the LGBTQIA+ community in India, is still on. Queer folks face a lot of discrimination when they come out to their families and the pursuit for marital rights seems like a long and hard one. There is still a tremendous need to sensitise the citizens…
Photo by Lucia Macedo on Unsplash “Google it,” has become common terminology in most of our lives. Gone are the days where we study or learn something from scratch– why bother when Google can do the work for you? Out of curiosity, we did a good search down what we Googled the most. It turns out, we Google everything that…
Photo by Shane Rounce on Unsplash “Your skin is like pebbles and mine is like peaches,” my 4 year old cousin exclaimed to her darker toned friend. To me this was quite shocking as I started to wonder how my baby sister could discriminate at such a young age. Then I remembered my own experience. It’s everywhere isn’t it ?…
