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Anuradha P Dhawan

The walk of all ages

The oldest to sashay on the ramp for a cancer charity, Anuradha P Dhawan got instant acclaim, and now she is in the...

17 Aug 2017 5:16 AM IST

The essential image of the torso has remained in Kanchan Chanders work and finds many manifestations from the resigned to the playful, from to the sensual to the asexual, from the humorous to the satirical, she captures the entire gamut of her being as a woman and as a person.

Torsos that speak of the artist's journey

Kanchan Chander's solo art show, Whispering Torsos, illustrates the uniqueness of the feminine gaze.

17 Aug 2017 4:44 AM IST

File photos from last year of families meeting at the Agiary in Matunga

A new beginning

The Parsi community shares how they bring in the New Year.

17 Aug 2017 12:22 AM IST

Little truth was found in the idea that lesbian or gay parents might encourage or allow more gender nonconformity (Photo: AFP)

Foster child's gender identity isn't influenced by same-sex parents

The types of play and behaviour that most children displayed were found to be typical of their gender.

16 Aug 2017 6:30 PM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

Twitter can help track public health: study

Researchers studied 171 million tweets.

16 Aug 2017 6:20 PM IST

The electricity alters brain chemistry, which helps some patients feel better within days (Photo: AFP)

Insomnia in old people isn't cured by shock therapy for depression

Therapy includes a short, controlled burst of electricity to the brain via electrodes placed on the scalp.

16 Aug 2017 6:01 PM IST

Areas of the brain concerned with anxiety are also less active (Photo: AFP)

Doctor tells woman having more sex can help her with period pain

Intercourse releases growth hormones which leads to higher elasticity in the skin.

16 Aug 2017 5:45 PM IST

The rate of heart attacks or stroke is highest in patients with lung cancer (Photo: Pixabay)

Cancer patients have more risk of heart attacks post diagnosis

Study shows diagnosis of cancer is associated with more than doubling risk of stroke as it increases risk of blood...

16 Aug 2017 4:32 PM IST

He was saved by an open heart surgery (Photo: AP)

Man drives 20 km to hospital with nail in his heart

Doug decided not to pull it out as he had seen Steve Irwin die after pulling out a stingray's stinger from his heart.

16 Aug 2017 3:54 PM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

Japan launches study into suspected Chinese coral poaching

The Fisheries Agency investigation will use an underwater camera to check the condition of the coral off Kyushu.

16 Aug 2017 3:41 PM IST

Larvae that tastes like paneer and eyeballs of fish are just the beginning (Photo: YouTube)

These are some of the most bizarre culinary delights on the planet

Eggs served in the most shocking ways and organs that you never considered touching.

16 Aug 2017 3:25 PM IST

In this Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017 photo, artist Anne Marie Zanfagna, left, speaks to Heidi Maddock in front of her display of portraits at the New Hampshire State Library in Concord, N.H. (Photo: AP)

Colourful portraits show faces of New Hampshire drug crisis

More than 80 paintings are on display featuring the faces of the state's opioid epidemic.

16 Aug 2017 3:10 PM IST