Karina Pandya

  “You got a dream, you gotta protect it. When people can't do something themselves, they're gonna tell you that you can't do it. You want something, go get it. Period." Chris Gardner as played by Will Smith in the movie" The Pursuit of Happiness."   Happiness is by far the most crucial aspect of our lives and we seek it through a good profession, relationship, self-love, doing things we love, having thought processes such as self-compassion or gratitude, doing things we enjoy, family, and friends or any other activity bringing us contentment.   Have you heard of the half-empty and half-full glass analogy of optimism and pessimism?  If we have a cup of water, how do we interpret it? Is it just a glass that is half-empty (pessimism) or is it a glass that is half-full (optimism)? Is this how we can view our situations and life as a whole?  We are constantly searching for or in the pursuit of happiness, yet we are subconsciously plagued by negativity. However, i

  Have you ever had a task to perform, but all you felt like doing was brushing it aside?  If you are like most of us, then you must have engaged in the most commonly termed association of procrastination or simply put ‘escapism’. Escapism is a tendency to seek any form of distraction from certain realities.     Delaying or putting something off is just what procrastination is all about. Suppose I have some spare time and I have to go to the gym today but I choose to put the gym off till tomorrow, it’s a simple yet excellent example of what we mean by procrastination. Procrastination is by no means helping us in any way so why do we constantly find ourselves in the loophole of engaging in procrastination for various events?    Most often procrastination is confronting uncomfortable feelings associated with a task and that is one of the main reasons why we engage in the same. Going back to the example, suppose going to the gym makes me confront feelings such as anxiety, fear, depression

Around 10 % of India’s population depends solely on homoeopathy, i.e. over 100 million people. Depend solely on homoeopathy for their healthcare. Having almost a quarter of a million registered homoeopathic doctors, India has more homoeopathic doctors than any other country in the world.       Being a practising homoeopathy doctor since 2000, Dr Ravi Doctor (Waghela) has a specialisation in integrative and palliative oncology. While he mainly operates out of his clinic in Colaba (RD Holistic Wellness Clinic), he is also attached to the Department of Complementary and Alternative Medicine of Saifee Hospital and Masina Hospital, which are leading super speciality hospitals in Mumbai.  He is also  the examiner on board with the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences Nashik.    Also serving as an honorary Homoeopathic physician to the Indian Army, he is also attached to the Mumbai Police Hospitals. He is one of the first Homeopathic Physicians in India to serve as a Homeopathic Consulta

  Written and directed by Sofia Alvarez who is known for having directed films such as To All The Boys I’ve Loved and To All The Boys: PS I Love You, Along For The Ride is her directorial debut that was also based on the novel  Along for the Ride  by  Sarah Dessen .  It was released in May 2022. Starring Emma Pasarow as Auden, Belmont Cameli as Eli,  Kate Bosworth  as Heidi (Auden’s mother-in-law),  Dermot Mulroney  (as Robert – Auden’s father) and  Andie MacDowell  as Victoria (Auden’s mother), Auden decides to spend a carefree summer with her father and mother in law before she joins college.  Life is all about discovering yourself and making all the necessary adjustments in life to do the same. On the first day that Auden arrives at the beachside town of Colby where her father lives, Heidi advises her to go explore the Tip – a very popular social hangout where all the youngsters spend their evenings. It is here that Auden begins to meet her new friends for the summer and begins to ‘

  Imagine never  having met your biological mother but living your whole life as if everything was normal.   Enter Mia (Virginia Gardner)  and Kyle  (Alex Aiono) , a young 18-year-old girl who ages out of the foster care system and a boy -depressed high school senior).   Not only does she stumble across this boy as he climbs a cliff and seems ready to jump but she also distracts him by crying for help. Somehow in a matter of no time, she convinces his parents to allow her to go on a trip with him to Spain!    Known for his films such as Sequia, Antivicio and Tierra de Lobos, Joaquin Llamas has directed this film. It is written by Victoria Vinuesa – a screenwriter and author. This movie is an adaptation of her debut novel – See You On Venus!   This film is more than just an entertaining film to watch but takes you on a journey of purpose where Mia is on a fixated mission to find her biological mother and manages to rope in Kyle to help her do the same. The only things that she has to tr

      Adityanama, a book which covers the life of Aditya Puri was published on 24 th  February by Anita Puri, Aditya’s wife. It is the emotional journey that these two individuals shared that inspired Anita to unveil the person behind the persona of the banker.   Anita (Smiley) Puri is known to have pursued a diploma in Travel & Tourism, after which she went on to work for Japan Airlines and Kuwait Airways.   It is a delightful read taking the reader on an extraordinary journey. The ace banker, Aditya Puri is no new name in the field of banking and it is because of his wife Anita Smiley Puri the novel Adityanama: The Man Behind the Banker Unveiled from Jaico Publishing House.   While he initially rose in Citibank, he is well known for having built the private bank, HDFC Bank from scratch.    He has served as the former CEO and MD of the country’s second-largest bank – HDFC Bank and has had a remarkable career spanning over four decades in India and other countries. ( the longest-se