Rima Pundir

The English derided what the Scottish ate, and yet the Scots were really on the right track! Once dismissed as horse feed, oats have travelled a long way indeed to now be labeled as health food.

Everybody ages. Period. The trick lies in ageing well, and slowly. Leaps in cosmetology have enabled women to go under the knife and repair damage, but prevention is still the better cure. The damage that Lindsay seems to have done to her face, looking 40 at 27 is perhaps the worst of all till now.

The news is conflicting. From Justin’s admission of having a crush on Selena since he was 15 to Selena’s alleged admission of calling Justin “the one” to finally Selena’s apparent steadfast refusal to talk about him on a newsfeed and her claim of being single… Is this the end of Justine & Selena, or just the beginning?

With Kate Middleton having a baby – road trips are definitely in her future. She may have help but a road trip with children is one tough journey. And if it’s just mama and baby, it’s definitely tougher. Face cranky tantrums with tons of patience and a little pre-preparation, to turn the dreaded trip into a fun journey.

In a study by three researchers, bosses who have daughters are more generous paymasters than their daughter-less counterparts. Does that bode ill for the staff hired and paid by the Duke of Cambridge?

The economy is taking a dip and so monthly groceries are being planned a little more carefully. One of the top spends is often baby food – which can be avoided by simply cooking the same at home thereby ensuring the food is fresher, healthier, tastier and preservative free.

On the face of it with a woman president of the country, a woman president of the party in power and many women celebrities including stars, singers and authors who have become international faces and yet India stands number four in the list of the world’s most dangerous countries for women. Why it is so?

A world survey pegged Indians as the second most racist country of the world with over 43.3 percent Indians not wanting to live next to neighbor not of the same race. But with USA and Australia being pegged as two of the most tolerant countries – is the survey skewed or are we missing the big picture?

Ben Te'O has double the reason to celebrate - after the South Sydney Rabbitohs won the Origin series for the 8th straight time, he has also been absolved of any wrong doing by the police and NRL Integrity Unit

As a country, the statistics are grim – almost half of school children in India are undernourished and have little or no schooling; malnourishment and disease is a stark reality and to etch out a living many take work or begging at tender ages. The mid-day meal was an ambitious project undertaken by the government to feed over 120 million children but it has gone horribly long in Bihar with the deaths of 27 children and several more still critical. This may just be the tip of the iceberg if cor...

The parents of any child in Sydney who was being sent to dance schools were in for a nasty shock when in May, Grant Davies, a co-director of RG Dance was arrested for child abuse as well as production and dissemination of child pornography. And now, the charges have ratcheted up to 47 in total.

Fans of Bollywood stars Shahrukh Khan and Hrithik Roshan abound in many countries – yet three Chinese-Muslims took the fan following a little too seriously by infiltrating into India in search of a better life as glamourized in Bollywood movies.

After going losing his wife in 2009 and then having battled many dating rumors – from Indian actress Sushmita Sen to Pakistani model-turned-actress Humaima Malik – this star cricketer turned coach and commentator found love in Melbourne with Aussie beauty Shaniera Thompson…

Compared to the kinds of headlines teachers are making today, Cameron Diaz in and as Bad teacher was a veritable saint. From teachers who rape underage girls to the ones who end up birthing children fathered by underage boys – the new nightmare of children’s abuse starts with their mentors – take in question the Australian teacher arrested in Philippines.

While prostate cancer is an undoubted killer and needs to be taken seriously, its prevention can be fun-filled. From doing the dirty to loading up on marinara sauce – here are 3 ways to avoid the dreaded C-word and having a good time on the way!

Fish oil has been long renowned for its health benefits as well as palate appeal but there is a new contender on the scene – krill oil. What are krill? Remember the screaming little characters running away in the thousands from the whale in Finding Nemo?

The much-coveted Miss Universe 2013 will be solemnized in Moscow, Russia in November this year and the wait to see who will represent Australia is over – Olivia Wells, a self-professed one-time nerd from medical school was blown away by her unexpected crowning as Miss Australia Universe on Friday.

It’s everywhere in the news, Nigella Lawson – the much loved and revered beauty queen of the kitchen – is currently consulting divorce doyenne Fiona Shackleton; incidentally her cousin.