
From the Editor – The Litterbug Revolution
Continuing the tradition from the the last month, let me first introduce you to this month’s brilliant debutant Sunil Deepak. In his own words…
Read MoreContinuing the tradition from the the last month, let me first introduce you to this month’s brilliant debutant Sunil Deepak. In his own words…
Read MoreHello again Fellow Ghumakkars, We have seen quite a few new authors at Ghumakkar in the last one month and a half. We hope…
Read MoreTo begin with I would like to congratulate the fellow ghumakkars who have already published their stories in the new year and also those…
Read MoreIt has almost been a month since I arrived at Newcastle, UK for studies and I am planning to make the best of whatever…
Read MoreFarmers’ markets are a phenomenon in California. The goods on sale are very similar to the day shifting bazaars (a.k.a Som Bazaar, Mangal Bazaar,…
Read MoreDuring my short visit to San Jose, California this year, San Francisco’s charm lured me not once but twice. On my first visit, I…
Read MoreOur family has a tradition of visiting Baba Balaknath Shrine in Himachal every year. Usually we drive down to the temple during the summer…
Read MoreMost people are surprised when I claim this. After all, the open gardens of Akshardham do not appear so inviting when the sun is…
Read MoreNainital was just 10 kms from Bhowali and the road went uphill. So we decided to board the cab at last. Nainital meant the usual activity of walking around the Naini Lake, One hour in peddle boats and a shopping spree on the mall road.
Read MoreTrue, my friend XYZ’s Uncle’s Cousin was put on lifelong medication after he got a medical checkup done, but it wasn’t the medical checkup that gave him hypertension. He was perhaps living with this risky disease for several years before it was diagnosed and God know what could have happened had the person not gone for a medical checkup. But ignoring a doctor’s advise is as common to us as ignoring that scary label on a cigarette packet or the common sense that too much alcohol is bad for our health.
So we go on living in a denial of the fact that at any points in our adult life, our body isn’t getting any younger. And that we need to take care of it. If we have missed the bus to preventive care, we absolutely need to take curative measures, to make sure that we are able to live a life we want to and travel to all those exotic places on our must-visit lists.
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