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Beauty & Style
Think yourself slimmer, smarter and stronger
5 months ago
The first time Anu Bhatnagar walked on fire, she cried. Not because her feet were burning on the hot coals, but because she was overwhelmed by the magnitude of what she had just achieved. Anu, who says she has a penchant for trying new, challenging experiences, decided to attempt it in... Full story
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Beauty & Style
Taking the Polar Bear Plunge
5 months ago
People in Canada and the US exchanged winter coats and boots with swim-wear and festive costumes to participate in the annual Polar Bear Swims, diving into freezing cold waters to mark the beginning of a new year.... Full story
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Beauty & Style
5 small resolutions that can make a huge difference
5 months ago
Drink some tea After consuming a month’s worth of food and two months’ worth of drink within just one week, it’s no wonder that we all vow to be healthier and lose weight in the coming year. Yet, how many of us manage it and how many of us come up with excuses about why we... Full story
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Beauty & Style
Plain Jane — Not
5 months ago
Louise Roe and Plain Jane — we never thought we’d see the two in the same sentence. The very glamorous TV presenter, writer, editor and model Roe acts as a fairy godmother to wallflowers, putting them through confidence-building exercises and giving them a makeover on her reality TV ... Full story
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Beauty & Style
Look stylish in leather this winter
5 months ago
Man up in hard-working leather, which is huge for AW/12. Work it right through, from a luxe jacket to masculine accessories... Full story
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Beauty & Style
Unilever chairman on work and dreams
5 months ago
Sanjiv Mehta, chairman of Unilever North Africa and Middle East region, is a big believer in “compassionate capitalism and sustainable growth’’, rather than rampant consumerism. Although he is now “a firm capitalist’’, he admits that he was influenced... Full story
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Beauty & Style
Goulam-Raza Amarsy's frames of success
5 months ago
Goulam-Raza Amarsy's frames of success Goulam-Raza Amarsy began his career in a bank, but his love for filmmaking led to him becoming the CEO of Meydan Imax, Dubai. He tells Suchitra Bajpai Chaudhary how he plans to shake up the entertainment scene in the UAE By Suchitra Bajpai... Full story
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Beauty & Style
Mary Jane Alvero-Al Mahdi: From factory worker to company CEO
5 months ago
When Mary Jane Alvero-Al Mahdi arrived in Dubai in 1992, little did the then 22-year-old Filipina, a graduate in chemical engineering, know the lofty heights she would scale in the UAE. All she had at the time was a job as a quality assurance officer at a textile company in Jebel Ali, one... Full story
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Beauty & Style
Lifeloggers record daily life in snapshots
6 months ago
30 December 2012 A growing band of ‘lifeloggers’ are recording every day in minute detail for a lifetime with digital cameras. Lifeloggers say that it permits them to create an accessible digital archive, whether it’s to recall a favourite moment in exact detail or... Full story
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Beauty & Style
Yoga can tackle psychological disorders
6 months ago
31 December 2012 Researchers at the Dev Sanskriti University here say that a holistic way involving yoga and herbal medicines can combat psychological disorders. The researchers subjected 60 patients of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) to a combination of yoga, pranayam, recitation of... Full story



