Karina Pandya

  A complex organ, the brain is in control of everything that happens in our body, right from thoughts, memories, emotions, sensations, motor skills, vision, breathing, hunger, temperature and any other process which regulates our body. Both the brain and the spinal cord form the central nervous system of the body.  Neurons, which are nerve cells are known to be the fundamental units of the brain and the nervous system. They send messages all over the body via rapid electrical impulses and chemical signals in a process known as synaptic transmission. In this process, neurons send  motor commands to the muscles of the body and are also involved in transforming and relaying electrical signals across the body.    This allows the brain to coordinate behaviour, thoughts, sensations and brain. Based on their roles, there are three different types of neurons – sensory neurons, motor neurons and interneurons. In the brain itself, there are over 100 billion neurons! Neur...

Teaching is more than imparting knowledge, it is inspiring change. Learning is more than absorbing facts – it is acquiring understanding. For centuries and centuries, the one constant fact of life is that teaching has played a crucial way in the way we learn and is absolutely essential. Whether it is in a nursery school, a school, a university or an MBA college; teaching in different manners helps us to inculcate activities, and habits and even memorise textbooks for exams.    In today’s time and age, teaching does not just entail ONLY TEACHING! It goes beyond that to counselling students, mentoring students, and teaching them how to use and apply knowledge in their everyday lives. The role of teachers is known to impact students on different levels and inspire them to do more for themselves.    Confucius is known to be the world’s first teacher, a private tutor who taught history. While teachers have mainly been males in the predominant past, females also played a p...

      A lower body workout is by far one of the most important workouts that you will do in the gym. The lower body consists of the hip, knee, quadriceps, hamstrings, ankle joints, glutes, calves, thighs and possibly the core.    Strong leg muscles help to keep your body grounded. Studies have shown that the larger the muscle is, the more blood is required to get oxygen to fuel the muscle during exercise; thereby resulting in more calories being burnt. The leg muscles are also located further away from the heart than the upper body, making the heart work harder to pump blood to these regions. In the long run, lower-body workouts can prevent chronic conditions such as arthritis, diabetes and heart disease. It can also help improve posture and make daily tasks such as walking, running, jumping and even lunging far easier!   It is recommended to train your lower body at least three times a week – working on different parts of the lower body. For example, you c...

The upper body comprises the chest, back, shoulders and arms. Besides this, no upper body workout will ever be complete without paying attention to the arm muscles – the biceps and triceps. Training the upper body helps in reducing body fat, getting a better body composition and gaining more muscle.    Upper body workouts are extremely good for women because they help to improve body image, prevent the risk of osteoporosis and sarcopenia, burn more calories and help to improve posture. There are many different variations of upper body exercises which are good for women. A good upper body workout consists of a mix of bodyweight exercises, dumbbell and barbell moves and gym equipment.   Some of the best upper body exercises include the close grip barbell bench press, assisted dips, pause push-ups, close grip lat pull-down, bird dog dumbbell row, farmers walk, seated Arnold press, band pull-a parts, TRX inverted rows, incline bench dumbbell biceps curl, dumbbell concentratio...

  Formerly known as the Indian Epilepsy Association, Mumbai Chapter; the Samman Association has been working to empower people with epilepsy and caregivers since 1971 and also raising epilepsy awareness.  These programs include rural medical clinics, support group meetings, educational and awareness programs at schools and hospitals, personality development and training. Epilepsy remains one of the most chronic neurological disorders, with at least 55,00,000 cases in India.    People in India suffering from epilepsy face many hassles and drawbacks such as children being denied schooling, people being denied jobs, marital issues, etc. It is considered an evil disease and most people lack the compassion, understanding and knowledge about it. Dr. Pravina Shah, who previously was the head of the neurology department at K.E.M. Hospital was also the president of the Indian Epilepsy Association.    Dr Sangeeta Ravat is the current president, Dr Joy Desai is t...

 Background: Following an unprovoked attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan, the United States entered the Second World War in 1941. Involving almost every country in the world, there were Axis powers (military coalition)- Germany, Italy and Japan; and the Allies-(international military coalition known as the United Nations) France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union and China. Right from the beginning of American involvement in World War II, President Roosevelt took the lead in building a wartime coalition with Britain and the Soviet Union. It was during World War II that the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Robert Oppenheimer, a theoretical physicist is an American scientist who is known for spearheading the creation of this bomb and leading the Manhattan Project in World War II.           Mostly known for his science fiction movies such as Interstellar, thriller movies such as Inception and war films s...

 Earning over $775 million globally, Barbie is one of the highest-grossing films of the year. A doll is an 11-inch tall plastic doll, having the figure of an adult woman was introduced to the world on March 9 th , 1959 by Mattel Inc. a southern California toy company. Ruth Handler was the co-founder along with her husband- Elliot. Barbie has indeed paved the way for the best-selling toy- with over a billion dolls sold to date. Her male counterpart Ken Carson (Kenneth Sean) was introduced two years later and met Barbie on a TV commercial set.    0:04  /  2:41 Barbie | Main Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBk4NYhWNMM Directed by Greta Gerwig the screenplay was written with Noah Baumbach. It is the first live-action Barbie film after many computer-animated television films. A simultaneous release with Oppenheimer on July 21 st  led to the  Barbenheimer ph enomenon on social media, also encouraging people to watch both films! The film follows ...