Asian Lite News Archive

Category: Lifestyle

  • Attention Men In 40s

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    The 40s are filled with vitality and stress in equal amounts. Health can either be at its best in one’s 40s or it can be the start for many lifestyle diseases. Work, family and financial stress together can compound health issues at this age, so it becomes even more necessary to stay healthier than ever…

  • Homeschooling During Pandemic

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    Parenting could be hard during a pandemic, especially when your child’s physical classes are on hold. If you are helping your child learn from home or home-schooling them, a few tips can make it a positive experience. Priyam Saharia, a parenting blogger/expert at Momspresso suggests these home-schooling tips if you are feeling overwhelmed that your…

  • Tips To Save Your Gut In New Lifestyle

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    During the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, the first and foremost message that one ought to pay heed to is to never let your guard down, it is essential in ensuring that you are safeguarded. However, that doesn’t seem to be the case as most patients seeking online doctor consultation seem to be showcasing a…

  • Unique Designs For Indian Lavatory

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    In the new world order of work from home or rather as many sarcastically prefer to call it ‘living from home’, privacy has become a huge problem. With common spaces being utilized for everything from nurseries, to offices and even gyms, bath spaces have become the new havens for privacy. A contemporary and spacious bathroom…

  • Need Of A Sanitised Workspace

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    The world is re-opening gradually after the COVID-19 shutdown, and so are offices and workplaces everywhere. But as they do, millions of office workers ask ‘Is it safe? as they prepare to re-enter workplaces. No wonder, sanitisation and workplace hygiene have assumed increased importance and demand. Global workplace experience and facility management company ISS, which…

  • Summer Voyage

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    Summer travel inarguably looks different this summer, and while domestic stays, road trips and flexible bookings look like the road ahead, there’s a lot you can do to make vacationing easier. According to an Expedia.com report, 85 percent of surveyed travelers are likely to take a road trip this summer, driven primarily by the need…

  • ‘Embrace yoga for a super sex life’

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    By Nishant Arora  While the first International Yoga Day has rightfully positioned the nearly 5,000-year old Indian system of physical and mental rejuvenation on to the global mat, little do people know that there are some postures that, if done under proper guidance, can ramp up their sex life too. For sound love-making, the whole…

  • Cindy Lauds Indian Fashion

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    American supermodel Cindy Crawford visits India to promote Omega….reports Asian Lite News She created a stir with her Playboy magazine covers during initial days of her fashion career, and went on to be a supermodel. On her second visit to India, American celebrity Cindy Crawford, talked about the global visibility of Indian fashion and Bollywood;…

  • Filmi fashionistas on prowl !

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    THE GQ Magazine annual Best Dressed Men event is an important day for Mumbai, the commercial capital of India and the base of Bollywood. Filmi heroes and heroines show their best item in their wardrobe to a battalion of photographers. Asian Lite News capture some of them

  • A Summer Affair in London

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    Aashni + Co, UK’s leading, high fashion concept store, presents A Summer Affair on 20th June featuring the latest, must-have designers – Anushree Reddy, Rose Room Couture, Amishi…reports Rekha Patel for Asian Lite News Aashni + Co, the UK’s leading, Indian high fashion, multi-brand store, will be hosting an exclusive, summer season extravaganza, A Summer Affair,…

  • ‘Intrinsic Beauty’ at Birmingham

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    Sulakshana Monga, India’s most celebrated Couture Designer, unveils her “Intrinsic Beauty” collection at Birmingham Stalwart of India’s high fashion landscape, celebrated couture designer, Sulakshana Monga, unveiled her Autumn/ Winter 2015 collection from her sought after label, Soltee by Sulakshana Monga at Edgbaston Stadium, the County Ground, Edgbaston, Birmingham. Sulakshana Monga presented the collection for the…

  • Regional cuisines come to the fore

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    Global cuisine is only touching the tip. Increasingly, you’ll be seeing more and more of regional cuisines from specific regions of countries like China and France… India’s ace Chef Sanjay Thomas talks to Vishnu Makhijani  Regional cuisines and Indian fusion dishes will be the flavour of the coming year, as will the effort to wean…

  • 1933 ROLLS-ROYCE on sale at £90,000

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    Indian prince, Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji who played cricket for England and first commissioned the car Windovers-bodied 1933 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Sedanca De Ville will be on sale. The sale will take place on Saturday, 20 June 2015 at the Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts’ Club Annual Concours & Rally, Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, reports Asian Lite, best newspaper…

  • Taylors run for a cause

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    A British-Asian from Oldham, Greater Manchester, raised £155 at the MCR 10k this year for the Christie cancer hospital. While his daughter Dr Nita Taylor and her husband Dr Arif Rahaman raised over £500 for dialysis unit at Dewsbury Hospital Yorkshire, reports Asian Lite , best newspaper for British Asians.  Manhar Taylor, father of 3…

  • Special Report: World Asthma Day

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    Cardio exercises can prevent severe asthma attacks writes Rupesh Dutta for Asian Lite, UK’s No 1 newspaper for British Asians, to mark World Asthma Day ((May 5 ) Life had been slowly going downhill for 36-year-old car mechanic Cyril Joseph ever since he was diagnosed with ashtma five years ago. Inhaling toxic exhaust fumes all day long was…

  • Extra two minutes walking can add years to your life

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    Adding just two minutes of walking each hour to your routine can offset the health hazards of sitting for long periods of time, says a study led by an Indian-origin researcher. A “trade-off” of sitting for light intensity activities for two minutes each hour is associated with a 33 percent lower risk of dying, the…

  • Go extra mile with selfless behaviour at work

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    Going the extra mile with the company’s benefit at heart may bring you more rewards than working harder to advance your own personal ambition, says a study. Good supervisors are not easily duped by the motives of people who go the extra mile – they know when an employee is sucking up to them because…

  • Paramhansa: India’s first yoga guru in the US

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    By M.R. Narayan Swamy If India’s idea of an International Yoga Day has found easy acceptance in the UN, much of the credit must go to Paramhansa Yogananda, India’s first yoga guru in the US whose 62nd death anniversary. Unlike Swami Vivekananda, Yogananda is not that widely appreciated although he played a huge role in…

  • India’s growing appetite for luxury brands

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    By Nivedita A growing clientele with an appetite for luxury products makes India a conducive market for global fashion designers to make inroads, says British designer Alice Temperley, whose creations have been worn by the likes of The Duchess of Cambridge, Halle Berry and Jennifer Lopez. She has launched her fashion brand Temperley London in…

  • Age healthy with Mediterranean diet

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    Researchers have found that women who eat a Mediterranean diet can keep age-related diseases at bay and live longer than others. The Mediterranean diet is rich in fruits, vegetables, fish, legumes and heart-healthy fats and greater adherence to such a diet is associated with longer telomeres, the biomarkers of ageing, the findings showed. “To our…

  • Obesity increasing cancer cases

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    Excess body weight causes over 480,000 new cancer cases per year – 3.6 percent of cancers worldwide – in adults, new estimates suggest. The burden is far higher in more developed countries with almost two-thirds (64 percent) of these obesity-related cancers occurring in North America and Europe, the findings showed. “Our findings add support for…

  • Taj Khazana to unveil new collections

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    Luxury lifestyle boutique Taj Khazana at St. James’ Court, Taj Hotel, London is introducing four exclusive new collections by fashion designers Urvashi Kaur, Neishaa Gharat’s House of Gharats, Tomomi Yamamoto as well as a range of fragrances from Pell Wall this month. This includes a signature St. James’ Court scent inspired by the history and…

  • Selfie stick among best inventions

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    The selfie stick that facilitates your capturing a selfie from an angle of your choice by positioning your smartphone beyond the arms’ reach has made it to the Time magazine’s list of 25 best inventions of 2014. “If 2013 was the year in which selfie became a buzzword, then 2014 was the year selfies became…

  • Stage Set for Asian Wedding Awards

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    The long Awaited Nominations List For the Asian Wedding Awards 2014   AWE ASIAN WEDDING AWARDS unveiled the finalists for the 2nd Annual Asian Wedding Awards 2014, to take place on the 8th December 2014 at Manchester Marriott Victoria & Albert Hotel.  The Awards celebrate the tireless devotion, creativity and inspiration of 1000’s of the Asian wedding…

  • Victoria to receive charity award

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    Singer-turned-fashion designer Victoria Beckham will receive an award for her charity work at Eva Longoria’s Global Gift Gala. The former Spice Girl will be handed the Global Gift Philanthropeneur Award in recognition of her work for charities such as Mothers2mothers, Save the Children and Born Free Africa, reports contactmusic.com. Recipients of the prize are said…

  • India staring at heart disease epidemic

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    Poor lifestyles, rich diet and little physical activity have led to an “epidemic of heart disease” in India and the only way to check this looming threat is through better awareness and preventive measures, health experts say. According to government data, the prevalence of heart failure in India due to coronary heart disease, hypertension, obesity,…

  • Long working hours bad for heart

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    The longer the work hours or overtime you put in, the higher your chances of developing coronary heart disease within 10 years, says an alarming study. Working more than a 40-hour week has already been linked to stress, dissatisfaction and compromised health. Now, new research on 8,350 Korean adults has found that it may also…

  • Diet quality gap in the US

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     Diet quality gap between rich and poor widens in US Led by reduction in the consumption of trans fats, the quality of diet in the US has shown modest improvement in the last decade, but the gap in overall diet quality between the rich and the poor has widened, says a study. “The study provides…

  • Family dinner – Stressful?

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    Ishaq Mohin says even as benefits of home-cooked meals gain currency among parents, researchers have found that home cooking and family meals place a significant stress on many families – and are simply impossible for others “This idea of a home-cooked meal is appealing, but it is unrealistic for a lot of families,” said study…

  • Happy..Happy- Green offices

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    Want to be happy and productive at work? Keep a plant next to your computer. “Green” offices with plants make staff happier and more productive than “lean” designs stripped of greenery, new research shows. It found that enriching a “lean” office with plants could increase productivity by 15 percent. “Investing in landscaping the office with plants…

  • Cyber bullying annoy parents

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    Aparajita Gupta says online bullying a growing worry for parents across the world Exposure to the cyber world may have helped children expand their mental horizons but it has many downsides, the latest being cyber bullying. A concerned government and industry stakeholders are now taking steps to spread awareness and educate people to stop this…

  • Smart Cities – Engines of growth

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    Amit Kapoor & Sankalp Sharma say Competitive cities as fundamental drivers of prosperity  Cities have been the engines of growth and prosperity since time immemorial. In fact, it may be surprising to note that the rise of Europe before the industrial revolution was, in part, driven by port cities like Genoa and Venice which competed against other…

  • PICS: Banagalore Fashion

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    Bangalore, the garden city of India, is emerging as the capital fashion. Models walk the ramp during Bangalore Fashion Week 2014, in Bangalore

  • Are you a workaholic?

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    Do you spend much more time working than initially intended or you become stressed if you are prohibited from working? Chances are that you are already a workaholic. In a first, Norwegian researchers have formulated a seven-point criteria that decides if you have reached the level of chronic work addiction or not. “If you reply…

  • GALLERY: Rohit’s Vrindavan

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    India’s ace fashion designer Rohit Verma and actor Kavitta Verma during the preview his newest collection `Vrindavan` presented this Janmashtami, in Mumbai

  • The man with the golden shirt!

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    Quaid Najmi meets the man with the golden shirt! James Bond’s rival had a golden gun. This school dropout is acquiring a golden shirt that weighs four kilograms and costs a staggering Rs.1.30 crore ($214,000). But then, Pankaj Parakh, a school dropout who made his fortune from his garment fabrication business and who is a corporator to…

  • Three fold surge in teenage drinking

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     Revealing an alarming trend, a team led by an Indian-origin researcher has reported a threefold surge in the number of male teenagers drinking alcohol in India, especially in urban cities and poorer households. “The proportion of men who started drinking in their teenage rose from 19.5 percent for those born between 1956 and 1960 to…

  • ‘The Modern Mughals’

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    Ace designer Tarun Tahiliani organised a special media preview of his collection titled The Modern Mughals that he will present at the sixth edition of the annual Tarun Tahiliani Bridal Couture Exposition 2014, starting Saturday. The three-day event will take place at the designer’s couture studio in Chhattarpur here. The new collection unleashes some hand-draped,…

  • NHS chief asks staff to shed weight

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    Overweight doctors and nurses would be told to slim down to set a good example to patients under plans being considered by the NHS, the Guardian reported. Burgers and chips in hospital canteens would be swapped for healthier options and staff would take part in weight loss competitions, the NHS England chief executive, Simon Stevens,…

  • ‘Five Portions’ to lower death risk

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    Five daily portions of fruit, vegetables lower death risk Add a substantial amount of fruits and vegetables in your diet – at least five portions – and live your life disease free. According to a new study, higher consumption of fruits and vegetables is associated with a lower risk of mortality from all causes, particularly…

  • GALLERY: Manish Arora Collection

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    Designer Manish Arora’s show at the India Couture Week  in New Delhi contain several wow designs. Here is a collection of pics

  • Stress fuels overeating

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    If you cannot resist the sweets kept in your refrigerator and crave for food even after a sumptuous meal, you could be a victim of overeating, warn health experts. Stress, long hours of starvation and the wide variety of food options available in the market contribute to overeating, they say. Listing the various reasons that…

  • Five Taj hotels in global list

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    Five Taj hotels have featured in a list of world’s most luxurious hotels known for exceptional standards and impeccable hospitality, a statement said. The ‘Travel + Leisure USA World’s Best Awards List 2014’ included the Taj Lake Palace in Udaipur and the Rambagh Palace in Jaipur – both in Rajasthan, a statement issued by the…

  • ‘Team Shunya’ in Paris

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    Rajendra Shende writes about Team Shunya, a collaboration of IIT Bombay and Rachana Sansad’s Academy of Architecture, is one of these 20 international teams selected for 2014 Solar Decathlon Europe after first level screening in 2013  Just 20 km west of Paris stands a huge icon of French grandoise, the Palace of Versaille. Wealth has been the…

  • Masala Library arrives in Dubai

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    Venkatachari Jagannathan says Masala Library is opening branches in Dubai, London and New York   Come August and Masala Library by Jiggs Kalra, the legendary Indian foodie’s maiden foray overseas, is set to begin commercial operations at Dubai’s Radisson Royal Hotel, a top company official said. It’ll serve up pan-Indian food with an Arabic twist. Zorawar Kalra,…

  • BIG INTERVIEW: Falguni-Shane Peacock

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    Nivedita speaks to designer duo – Falguni-Shane Peacock.  They say designing for West gives them creative freedom Indian designer duo Falguni and Shane Peacock, who have designed for renowned international figures like Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears and Lady Gaga, say that it’s always fun to make clothes for both ‘desi’ and ‘videshi’ stars. But their creative freedom…

  • The hottest meditative tool

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     Shudip Talukdar says Mindfulness emerges as hottest meditative tool  Mindfulness is fast emerging as the hottest meditative tool, which is known to contribute to our wellbeing and productivity. Mindfulness is all about being focussed on the present moment, which has the power to liberate one from the shackles of past failures or pointless day dreaming about the…

  • Generation Citizen tops the list

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    The values of today’s teenagers were being shaped by tough economic times in the aftermath of the financial crash, just as they were in the 1930s New research on seven generations of Britons, including those who are now centenarians, reveals that today’s 13 to 19-year-olds, known as “generation citizen”, say that excelling in their career…

  • PICS: Jewellery Show

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    Bulbeer Gandhi with Karisma Kapoor inaugrating Glamour during the inauguration of Glamour Jewellery Exhibition 2014 at Palladium Hotel in Mumbai 

  • US teenagers on holy path

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    Survey shows sex, smoking among US teenagers on decline Here’s good news for American parents. A youth survey by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found that lesser numbers of high school students are reporting sexual intercourse, smoking or fighting episodes compared to earlier findings. According to the Youth Risk Behaviour Survey…