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I love getting older: Cameron Diaz

I love getting older: Cameron Diaz

Cameron Diaz, who will turn 40 in August, says she is excited about her reaching the four-decade milestone. The “Charlie’s Angels” star said she loves getting older and while the thought of turning 40 sends many women into an emotional tailspin, she is looking forward to it, reported Access Hollywood. “I love getting older. I [...]

I feel like an ugly duckling: Eva Green

I feel like an ugly duckling: Eva Green

Eva Green says she feels like an “ugly duckling” in Hollywood. The 31-year-old, who dazzled on-screen alongside Daniel Craig in 2006′s “Casino Royale”, said she is actually surprisingly “un-Hollywood”, reported Sun Online. Green prefers a natural image to the high-maintenance option many stars choose. “I don’t think I am very fashionable. In LA, I feel [...]

Salma’s husband settles child support case

Salma’s husband settles child support case

Salma Hayek’s businessman husband Francois-Henri Pinault has settled the child support case with ex-girlfriend Linda Evangelista. Supermodel Evangelista has been embroiled in a battle with Pinault over their son five-year-old Augie, asking USD 46,000 per month for child’s care. Evangelista was due to take the stand in court on Monday but a deal was struck [...]

Guest Writer Column

How To Walk Away From Dysfunctional UnHealthy Relationships

How To Walk Away From Dysfunctional UnHealthy Relationships

Written by Patty Sherry- Founder of  www.Share Your Love Story.com You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness. Require that daily dose of drama in your life, much like your favorite cup of coffee. Be caught up in pushing each others buttons. Knock each other down, rather than seek to build each other [...]

Talking to Your Child about Pet Loss

Talking to Your Child about Pet Loss

By Dr. Robi Ludwig, Psy.D, Care.com contributor A recent Care.com poll found that 83% of pet owners on Care.com consider their pets to be part of the family, like children. When a beloved pet passes away, parents are faced with a tough conversation that have the ability to raise even bigger questions about a child’s [...]

Walk Me Home

Walk Me Home

By Danielle Boonstra   “We’re all just walking each other home.” ~Ram Dass Our common thread is our light, the light of God.  The connection between us is overwhelmingly palpable at times, and yet at others it is painfully out of reach.  The yearning to be loved, to be noticed, to be understood is so [...]

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Health and Fitness

Eating same food every day may lead to ill-health

Eating same food every day may lead to ill-health

: Eating the same range of foods every day may take a toll on your health, an expert has said. A survey has revealed that most people stick to toast and cereals for breakfast every day with sandwiches for lunch. And they rely on a handful of favourites such as pasta, chips or pizza in [...]

How black pepper helps keep fat under check

How black pepper helps keep fat under check

Researchers have offered a long-sought explanation for the beneficial fat-fighting effects of black pepper. The research pinpoints piperine — the pungent-tasting substance that gives black pepper its characteristic taste, concluding that piperine also can block the formation of new fat cells. Soo-Jong Um, Ji-Cheon Jeong and colleagues describe previous studies indicating that piperine reduces fat [...]

Drink tea without milk to lose flab

Drink tea without milk to lose flab

Previous research has shown that tea contains high levels of compounds that combat the absorption of fat. However, a new research led by an Indian scientist has found that this fat-fighting ability will be neutralized if milk is added to it. The compounds, called theaflavins and thearubigins, stopped the pounds from piling on when given [...]

Fine Dining and Do-able Recipes

Street food of India

Street food of India

Since, I am quite a foodie it was a mesmerizing experience to write about Indian street food at the same time it was quite a challenge as seeing the dishes right in front of my eyes and not eating them was a torture,so I decided to go in the kitchen and make one of the [...]

Almond Biscotti with Cappuccino

Almond Biscotti with Cappuccino

Ingredients 1 cup plain flour (maida) 1/4 cup almond (badam) slivers 1/2 tsp baking soda 1 tsp vanilla essence 1/4 cup castor sugar or powdered sugar 1 tsp lemon rind 1/4 cup softened butter 1 1/2 tbsp cold milk Method Sift the flour and baking powder into a bowl. Add the vanilla essence, castor sugar [...]

Recipe: Matar Pulao

Recipe: Matar Pulao

rice recipe is easy to make and goes well with curry or dal. Ingredients 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 4 whole cloves 3 black cardamom seeds 6 whole black peppercorns 2 (3 inch) cinnamon sticks 2 teaspoons garlic powder 2 tablespoons water 1 cup frozen green peas, thawed 2 cups uncooked basmati rice, rinsed and drained [...]

The Spiritual You

BEING THE ALTAR THAT IS BURNING FOR THE DIVINE ITSELF

BEING THE ALTAR THAT IS BURNING FOR THE DIVINE ITSELF

My path has taken me to India many times, which I adore. I love the devoted ashram life and the spiritual deepening that happens there. My first time there, I fell in love with the beauty of Indian temples all over the country. I love having this sacred space to express one’s love to God. And I love [...]

REINVENTING THE HEROINE INSIDE:

REINVENTING THE HEROINE INSIDE:

“A CULTURE OF FANCY SELF LOVE” I call myself a cosmic nomad. After all those years of stripping off too-tight skins quilted out of the conventions, conditionings, and opinions of others, I feel really good in my own skin, woven of my own stories. Cosmic nomad (?k?zm?k?n??mæd) 1. a member of a universal people or tribe [...]

“YOU HAVE TO LIVE WHAT YOU ARE.”

“YOU HAVE TO LIVE WHAT YOU ARE.”

I was a penniless student without any support from home, another surgery in my imminent future, and a broken heart from my first real love marrying another woman. In a vision I had of one of my inner gurus, he invited me on a pilgrimage to India. I did not have the money for such a trip, but [...]

NEWS

Indian diplomat’s daughter sues New York City

Indian diplomat’s daughter sues New York City

The daughter of an Indian diplomat has filed a $1.5 million suit against New York City over her arrest on cyberbullying charges – but her suit doesn’t demand the key to the city that her lawyer had asked for. Krittika Biswas, daughter of Debashish Biswas, vice consul in the Indian consulate general here, claims in [...]

Amul pays a sweet tribute to ‘Vicky Donor’

Amul pays a sweet tribute to ‘Vicky Donor’

The movie has already garnered lot of attention for its unusual story line and now dairy brand Amul has come out with its unique tribute to Shoojit Sircar’s ‘Vicky Donor’. The advertisement shows a caricature of what seems like Ayushmann Khurrana, the lead of the film, surrounded by little babies and holding a bowl of [...]

Obama’s ex-girlfriends recall his ‘sexual warmth’

Obama’s ex-girlfriends recall his ‘sexual warmth’

Former girlfriends of US President Barack Obama have opened up for the first time of his “sexual warmth” and disclosed the contents of love letters that he sent to them during his 20s, in a new biography. Genevieve Cook and Alex McNear, who had relationships with Obama in New York in the early 1980s, gave [...]

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Lindsay Lohan hit-and-run case dismissed

Lindsay Lohan hit-and-run case dismissed

| May 9, 2012 | 0 Comments

Lindsay Lohan will not be charged for an alleged hit and run case in March. The 25-year-old was driving in her car when she was blocked by a horde of photographers and customers from the nearby Hookah Lounge. The venue’s manager Thaer Kamal claimed Lohan was driving when she hit him on her way out [...]

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Angelina Jolie hates engagement ring?

Angelina Jolie hates engagement ring?

| May 8, 2012 | 0 Comments

Angelina Jolie, who recently got engaged to partner Brad Pitt, reportedly hates her USD 500,000 sparkler. The 36-year-old and Pitt, 48, confirmed their engagement news recently. Jeweler Robert Procop, who designed the bauble, first broke the news about couple’s engagement. Jolie was first seen wearing the sparkling diamond at the Los Angeles County Museum of [...]

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John Travolta sued by masseur

John Travolta sued by masseur

| May 8, 2012 | 0 Comments

John Travolta is being sued for $US2 million by an unidentified masseur who claims the Hollywood actor assaulted him sexually during a massage in January inside a room at the Beverly Hills Hotel. The masseur, referred to as John Doe in court papers obtained by Reuters and filed last Friday, claims that Travolta rubbed his [...]

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Halle Berry’s ex wants a fortune in child support

Halle Berry’s ex wants a fortune in child support

| May 7, 2012 | 0 Comments

Halle Berry’s ex-boyfriend, Gabriel Aubry, is asking for a monthly payment of $20,000 for child support. Aubry and Berry are currently fighting a bitter custody battle over their 4-year-old daughter Nahla. In addition to the monthly payment of $20,000, Aubry 36, also wants half a million in attorney’s fees from Berry, 45, reported TMZ Online. [...]

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Bond girl Rosamund Pike gives birth to baby boy

Bond girl Rosamund Pike gives birth to baby boy

| May 6, 2012 | 0 Comments

Bond girl Rosamund Pike has given birth to a baby boy named Solo. He is the first child for the 33-year-old, who starred as Miranda Frost alongside Pierce Brosnan in Die Another Day. Rosamund and her partner Robie Uniacke, 49, have been dating for two years and she says they are in no hurry to [...]

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Eva Green hates dieting

Eva Green hates dieting

| May 6, 2012 | 0 Comments

Eva Green says he gets depressed if she has to go on a diet. The 31-year-old actress said she was once told to lose weight for a role but found going on an all-soup eating plan made her miserable and she couldn’t do it again, reported Femalefirst. “Before my first film, the casting director asked [...]

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Kristen Stewart Named Best Dressed Celebrity

Kristen Stewart Named Best Dressed Celebrity

| May 5, 2012 | 0 Comments

BEST 1. Kristen Stewart 2. Emma Watson 3. Victoria Beckham 4. Duchess of Cambridge 5. Florence Welch WORST 1. Katie Price 2. Lady Gaga 3. Taylor Momsen 4. Kim Kardashian 5. Nikki Reed

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Salma Hayek`s husband wanted girlfriend to abort their child

Salma Hayek`s husband wanted girlfriend to abort their child

| May 5, 2012 | 0 Comments

has accused Salma Hayek`s fashion mogul husband Francois-Henri Pinault for advising her to have an abortion after she fell pregnant with his child. The former runway beauty made the claim in New York`s Manhattan Family Court as the first day of her child support trial with Pinault got underway, reported a website. Evangelista turned to [...]

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Supermodel Bar Refaeli has gone nude to promote her new men`s underwear line.

Supermodel Bar Refaeli has gone nude to promote her new men`s underwear line.

| May 5, 2012 | 0 Comments

The 26-year-old catwalk queen is seen flaunting her naked figure in a black-and-white commercial for the collection, reported Ace Showbiz. The nearly two-minute video also captures the ex-girlfriend of Leonardo DiCaprio mowing a lawn, skimming the pool, playing with a baseball bat and smoking a cigar. The collection offers new range of everyday underwear that [...]

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Tulisa tops FHM’s 100 sexiest women list

Tulisa tops FHM’s 100 sexiest women list

| May 4, 2012 | 0 Comments

Tulisa Contostavlos has beaten off competition from Cheryl Cole and Rihanna to be named ‘FHM’ magazine’s sexiest woman in the world. The annual countdown of the 100 hottest women on the planet voted for by people has been going for 18 years and Tulisa is the fourth British to win the award in a row. [...]

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Kate Moss donates topless pic for kids’ charity

Kate Moss donates topless pic for kids’ charity

| May 4, 2012 | 0 Comments

Kate Moss has donated a topless picture of herself in a bid to raise funds for a children’s charity. The stunning 38-year-old supermodel has ensured the National Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) auction at Bonhams in London will be a roaring success by gifting the organisation a photograph featuring her wearing nothing [...]

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10 years on, BOTOX is more popular, more acceptable

10 years on, BOTOX is more popular, more acceptable

| May 3, 2012 | 0 Comments

When Botox was approved for cosmetic use 10 years back by the US drug regulator, there were plenty of sceptics who felt using a toxin for undoing wrinkles was a weird thing to do. A decade later there are many converts who have made the procedure to remove the frowns a regular feature of their [...]

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Jennifer Lopez sued by former driver

Jennifer Lopez sued by former driver

| May 3, 2012 | 0 Comments

Jennifer Lopez is reportedly being sued by her former personal driver Hakob Manoukian. Manoukian, who began working for Lopez, 42, in 2005, is suing the singer and her manager Benny Medina after he gave up his own transportation company to become the head of her security and transportation, reported TMZ online. He has claimed that [...]

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It’s all about Indian attire – Saree

It’s all about Indian attire – Saree

| May 2, 2012 | 1 Comment

Tied low on the waist, pinned high on the shoulder, paired with a mismatching blouse, woven in traditional fabric or crafted in sexy chiffon, the six-yard drape called the sari is being reborn on the Indian fashion scene. Designers say experimentation with draping styles, endorsement by celebrities and an Indo-Western spin to this piece of [...]

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Neem -nature’s physician

Neem -nature’s physician

| May 2, 2012 | 0 Comments

Among the many natural plants and herbs that people in India use for their medicinal properties, the Neem tree(L. Azadirachta Indica) is one of the most beneficial for natural or Ayurvedic medicine. Found over most of the forested regions of the Indian Subcontinent, as well as in other countries of similar climatic conditions, the Neem tree [...]

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