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  1. Gym Vim

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    / January 30, 2012 / 3 Comments
    Recently, I saw an ad recounting how a Complan Child grows much more rapidly than others. It reminded me that I had been in much the same position over the past few months – it had been a period of extremely rapid growth for me. With only one small difference...

  2. The Art of Laziness

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    / January 13, 2012 / 4 Comments
    By Suchismita Srinivas Consider this scenario. You wake up with the sound of the alarm at 6 am or some such unearthly hour. The feeling inside you is 33.33% frustration, 33.33% anxiety and 33.33% anger against the world in general. You turn the alarm off and then turn over to take...

  3. Saina’s mantra has to be all work and all play

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    / November 18, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By T S Sudhir I just finished watching the quarter-final clash at the Hong Kong Open between World no. 4 Saina Nehwal and world no. 7 Tine Baun of Denmark on badmintonworldtv on youtube. Saina the defending champion, lost 16-21, 15-21. The grey jacket on coach Pullela Gopichand as he...

  4. I want Serena Williams in Team India

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    / September 10, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By Bala   With the Indian cricket team faring pathetically in the ODIs following the 4-0 whitewash in the Test series, I am sure our team is psychologically down and out and they need someone who can understand their problems, be sympathetic when they feel low but absolutely firm when...

  5. Did you exercise today?

    Posted by Prof Dr S Bakhtiar Choudhary
    / July 16, 2011 / 2 Comments
    Nobody can escape from the ill-effects of sedentary life. Just three months of inactivity reduces your muscle size, bone thickness, immunity and longevity drastically. To live, one has to undertake aerobic exercises like walking / jogging / cycling / swimming at least 30 min a day throughout life. Few strength...

  6. Some tips for a healthy life, wanna hear?

    Posted by Navin Chandra Joshi
    / June 28, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By Navin Chandra Joshi   You turn the pages of any magazine these days and you will notice that at least a page or even a section is devoted to health and health-related issues. What to eat, what not to eat, how to exercise, what standard BMI one should maintain,...

  7. A Sunday and 12 bicycles

    Posted by Arun Katiyar
    / June 26, 2011 / 2 Comments
    By Arun Katiyar   Twelve of us – Aravind, Anuj, John, Jyotis, Madan, Manoj, Rubi, Sanjay, Siva, Srini, Vallari, Arun – went on a bicycle ride this morning to Pearl Valley on the outskirts of Bangalore. Twelve? Ready to do 82 km? Think about it. What’s with these guys? We...

  8. A final Saina should have won

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    / June 26, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By Dr Harvir Singh Nehwal “Aate aate game nikal gaya” was the feeling I had when I saw Saina end up on the losing side in the finals of the Indonesian Open today against Yihan Wang. Having won the title twice in 2009 and 2010, she so badly wanted to...

  9. On top of the world in Antarctica

    Posted by Krishna Prasad Chigurupati
    / December 30, 2010 / Leave a comment
    December 15, 2010 79.49 south, 83.24 West – Antarctica At 8:30 pm, my wife Uma and I were standing in this part of the planet’s harshest continent, almost freezing and absorbing the fact that we had just made our dream come true. We had just completed the marathon on Antarctica...

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