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Dr Elizabeth Menon - ArticlesI am Dr Elizabeth Menon, working in the UK. I love writing and my articles have been published in the UK and abroad. My hobbies include reading, writing, gardening, cooking, watching films, listening to music, helping environmental causes, etc. Visitors to my homepage get the unique opportunity to read my monthly write up,'Corner' and articles written by me on various topics in two languages, English and Malayalam (the language spoken in Kerala, otherwise known as 'God's own Country'!).
Please visit my homepage at: http://omana.net/ Another Year and a New BeginningAnother year gone and a new beginning of hope and anticipation is emerging. Christmas and New Year celebrations are only just over but we are already into the second week of Year 2009 – farewell to the passing year and a grand welcome to the new year of hope and happiness! Christmas is a time of hope and a new beginning to all, irrespective of ones religion. Review of Some of the Best Films From India, at the London Film FestivalBest films from India were screened at the London Film Festival that promotes world films, which may not be available for screening in the cinemas across the nation. 'The Last Lear' tells the story of an old Shakespearean stage actor coming out of retirement to act in 'The Mask', a film in another film.Adoor Gopalakrishnan's latest film 'Four Women', focus on four women in four different stories with no continuuity except for the theme. Independent India, "at the Stroke of the Midnight Hour..."August 14, 1947: Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India, announced the birth of a new nation, born after more than a century of colonial rule, with these golden words -- "At the Stroke of the Midnight Hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom... Are we brave enough and wise enough to grasp this opportunity and accept the challenge of the future?" The rationalist in India's best-loved Prime Minister was evident in his speech. 'The great day Film Review: 'the Diving Bell and the Butterfly'Julian Schnabel/France, based on a true story, directs this film. JD Bauby, the editor of French Vogue suffered a stroke and the film starts as he comes out of a coma after 20 days. He was diagnosed with a rare 'locked in syndrome', which left him with his memory and only the movement of his left eye. With the help of the speech therapist, through the alphabet of blinking, he tells his story which became a best sellerThough this is a painfully slow process, the director has succeeded in maintaining the audience's attention to the very end. Day at the RacesIt was a glorious afternoon that day in South Yorkshire. I drove across the racecourse roundabout and realized why it took me an hour for the journey instead of the usual ten minutes! The race was on and the horses crossing the road caused the traffic jam. The clock tower stood whispering in the gentle breeze and the atmosphere was electric; there were people everywhere, shouting, screaming and talking in a language that was alien to me; it was my first day at the races! Yoga, According to Swami RamdevSwami Ramdev can solely take the credit for changing the image of yog and its practice. In other words, this is Yog, according to Swami Ramdev! He is neither the front man of a Rock 'N' Roll band nor he is a magician or an actor, but he has the looks, charisma, the body, movement and the capacity to alight an entire stadium with his presence. He doesn't stalk the stage like a panther, but mostly he sits in Padmasana or Vajrasana, except when he is worshipping the sun or walking on his hands! Endometriosis: Causes, Symptoms and TreatmentEndometriosis is defined as the presence of tissue that resembles endometrium, that normally lines the inside of the uterus, in sites outside the uterine cavity - the ovaries, utero-sacral ligaments, pelvic structures, lower genital tract, lymph nodes, laparotomy scars, lungs or umbilicus. It is called Adenomyosis when the endometrial stroma is found in the uterine muscle. Endometrioid carcinoma is diagnosed when endometriosis and ovarian cancer exist together. The Problem With High Self-EsteemOne needs to define the meaning of self-esteem, before the much complex word 'high self-esteem' is considered. Dictionaries define self-esteem as, " confidence and respect for oneself", or "how much a person likes, accepts, and respects himself, overall as a person". The National Association for Self-Esteem defines it as, " The experience of being capable of meeting life's challenges and being worthy of happiness". Self-realisation Through Emotional RestraintSelf-realisation by restraining ones own emotions can be achieved in many ways. One has to come to terms with the three faculties of man: emotion, speech - words, and deeds. The combination of all three, or the implementation any of these will help us in obtaining our goal. The three faculties working in harmony can only result in the desired effect; once this is attained, accepting the others or their viewpoints become easy, lack of which could explain the escalating troubles all over the world. Women of Today: the 'new Superpower'Today's women are learning to avoid situations that make them stressful and it is a hard struggle to reach that goal. She has found music, yoga, aerobics, swimming, aromatherapy, massage and hypnotherapy that gives her the ‘quality time' amidst the multitude of chores! There will be a few who would class her as the ‘High maintenance woman'. Despite all this, the new woman, ‘The Superpower' has arrived' who still believes in the power and value of a family unit.
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