Applying kajal or surma to babies’ eyes is an old tradition in many cultures of the world specially in South Asia. Traditional eye cosmetics ‘surma’ use is a popular practice in South Asia for centuries. In countries like Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh millions of families believe that applying kajal to a baby’s eyes will make […]
Swaddling culture needs to stop
In many cultures around the world, newborn babies are swaddled to help them settle and fall asleep. Parents need to be warned about the risks and after effects of wrapping their little ones so tightly. Although the popular cloth-wrapping method, which has been used for centuries, is used to help calm and soothe young babies, […]
If women are strong, a society is strong
Women are the heart of a family and a family is the basic unit of a civilised society. If women are emotionally, physically and spiritually healthy, then the society will be healthy as well. If women are broken, unhealthy and depressed, then society will be unhealthy and depressed as well. Women are the superglue that […]
Pakistan needs to decriminalise suicide
Every 40 seconds, a person in the world dies by suicide. According to the World Health Organisation, 800,000 people die due to suicide every year. For every person who ends his/her life by committing suicide, there are 20 people who attempt to take their life but survive. Suicide is a tragedy of magnanimous proportions for […]
Pakistan needs to decriminalize suicide
Every 40 seconds a person in the world dies by suicide. According to the World Health Organization, 800,000 people die due to suicide every year. For every person who ends his/her life by committing suicide, there are 20 people who attempt to take their life but survive. Suicide is a tragedy of magnanimous proportions for […]
How sleep patterns affect health
Good sleep is highly important for our physical and mental health. While we slumber and rest, our body gets rid of toxins, repairs injury, and reduces stress. Staying up late at night is bad for your health as it interferes with the natural sleep pattern and hinders all those processes which are very essential for […]
How sleep patterns affect health
Good sleep is highly important for our physical and mental health. While we slumber and rest, our body gets rid of toxins, repairs injury, and reduces stress. Staying up till late nights is considered as bad sleep pattern, which really interferes with natural sleep pattern and hinders all those processes which are very essential for […]
Protect kids from junk food
For busy parents, just trying to fill hungry little bellies of their kids, junk foods offer a quick-and-easy solution, but very rarely they think, do these foods really provide a healthy alternative to nutritious meals cooked by them in kitchen as responsible parents? During the past few years, fast foods, carbonated soft drinks, packed potato […]