Gitanjali Sharma says that many youngsters are adopting reiki, pranic healing and Art of Living, among other therapies, to combat depression, anger, negativity and to channel their energies positively. The secular nature of these therapies makes them even more attractive for those... ...Seeking healing

• Are healing therapies easy to perform?

Towards a new vision of astrology
ASTROLOGY has been in the eye of a storm, especially after the UGC directive to the universities to introduce a course in astrology. Chandigarh-based astrologer Naveen Mishra, the recipient of the Maharishi Parashar Gold Medal in 1999 at the World Astrologers Conference held at Jamshedpur, Tata Nagar, answers questions pertaining to the significance of astrology, its role and function and the relevance of astrology in the modern world in an exclusive interview with TNS.

We have only tears for the soulful Baiju Bawra
by Rooma Mehra
NO, it was not Rafi singing the original song..but there was a quirk in the soulful melody rendered by that particular participant of the T.V. programme Sa Re Ga Ma that twisted our hearts into such knots that tears sprung into our eyes. There was much of Baiju Bawra in him.. I concluded while trying to sum up the total personality.

Tackling teen troubles
by Mohinder Singh
PAWAN, a lanky lad of 17, seems to be slipping. That’s what his parents, both doctors, have been noticing for the last few months. Pawan, known never to miss a school assignment, is often skipping homework. And there has been a perceptible dip in his school grades.

Wholistic health with herbs
by R.N. Malik
ALTERNATIVE systems of medicine are gaining acceptability as people become wary of the side-effects of the allopathic system of medicine. Though herbs are being used as compounds in the ayurvedic system, pure herbal treatment is a new venture both in India and China.

Fine slice of boisterous Punjabi culture
by Ervell E. Menezes
SO Mira Nair has done it again. After Salaam Bombay she has provided a fine slice of Indian life, rambunctious Punjabi culture, to be precise, with Delhi flavour in Monsoon Wedding which won the Golden Lion at Venice earlier this year.

• A film with an idiom of its own

KEEPING FIT: When doctors become patients
by B.K. Sharma

GARDEN: Successfully grow varied plants
by Satish Narula