Karina Pandya

Have you ever wondered what goes on in your body during your ‘endorphin’ burning short period of time that you invest at the gym everyday? If you are the least bit curious, just like me you would definitely want to know what’s going on inside your body!   When it comes to your workouts, it’s all about your hormones! Hormones are chemical substances, which are produced in the body that control and regulate the activity of certain organs and cells.   Hormones are required for every activity that we perform in life; digestion, growth, metabolism, mood control reproduction, etc.   Many of the hormones get secreted by certain special glands; such as the thyroid hormone produced by the thyroid gland. In addition to this there are also many hormones, which are known as neurotransmitters.   These chemical messengers found in the nervous system are known for specifically across the synaptic cleft. Other examples of neurotransmitters are dopamine and nora...

                   Louis Vuitton   has been known as a 'brand', a 'luxurious – a high class brand' that has been known for decades, eons, to be precise since ‘1854’...  when it was founded by Vuitton, himself in Paris, France. However, behind this brand of Louis Vuitton was a man himself who was known as  Louis Vuitton Malletier , commonly referred to as  Louis Vuitton.  Of course, today it is shortened to LV - the fashion house and  luxury retail company founded in 1854 by  Louis Vuitton . Its monogram appears on almost all of its products - r anging from  luxury  trunks and leather goods to ready-to-wear, shoes, watches, jewellery  accessories, sunglasses and books.   FACT! For six consecutive years (2006–2012), Louis Vuitton was named the world's most valuable luxury  brand .  The company operates in 50 countries with more than 460 stores worldwi...

69 years, and don't you think that's enough time for us to let go of the past and adopt OUR OWN sense of identity and do you even know what that what - Declaration of Indian Independence (Purna Swaraj) was proclaimed by the Indian National Congress as opposed to the Dominionstatus offered by British Regime? While India had achieved independence from British Raj on 15 August 1947 following the Indian independence movement noted for largely peaceful non-violent resistance and civil disobedience led by Mahatma Gandhi. The country, though, did not yet have a permanent constitution; instead its laws were based on the modified colonial Government of India Act 1935. There were celebrations from 10 heads from Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, and Brunei - as chief guests. This celebration had participants not only from the Indian Army, Air Force, Navy, but it will also showcase over 700 students across the guest c...

1995 – it could feel like yesterday for some or perhaps a lifetime ago.  Having grown up in the 90s, a lot has changed over the past 21 years .   I ts quite hard to grapple over the fact that the   time s can change so much!  With fragmented memories of 1995, it was the year the Internet actually gained public attention. It was the year of dial up modems and giant monitors and of course, the inevitable ‘vomit-noise’ that signal l ed the establishment a successful connection to the ‘World Wide Web’! Bill Clinton was the president of America at this point of time and  Kocheril Raman Narayanan  w as the Vice President of India with Shankar Dayal Sharma as the President of India. The Prime Minister of India at that time was P.V.Narasimha Rao   Microsoft released Windows 95 and JavaScript was introduced and deployed for the first time. EBay, started as a shopping and online auction w...