Standing Desk Experience: Days 2-4

 Posted on January 16, 2014  |  2 minutes  |  313 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

I’ve been standing at work all week. My heels hurt by the end of each day and I’m starting to see what my boyfriend meant by needing the softness for the feet. [Read More]
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Standing Desk Experience: Day 1

 Posted on January 11, 2014  |  3 minutes  |  565 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

I’ve been reading about how sitting is bad for you for several months now but after reading one more article a couple of days ago, I decided enough is enough, I’m going to make a standing desk, get used to it and live longer. [Read More]
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Thoughts about going Vegan

 Posted on March 27, 2013  |  7 minutes  |  1325 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

I was raised vegetarian and my family has been vegetarian for generations. When I was thirteen or fourteen, my parents told me that since I will be travelling when I get older, I could start getting used to meat if I wanted to. [Read More]
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Home Remedies from South India: Miscellaneous

 Posted on January 10, 2013  |  2 minutes  |  225 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

This is a continuation of the series which started with Hair Care. The other posts covered Eye care, Coughs, Digestive disorders, Head aches, and Skin Careamong other topics. [Read More]
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Home Remedies from south India: Fertility and reproductive troubles

 Posted on January 3, 2013  |  1 minutes  |  120 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

This is a continuation of the series which started with Hair Care. The other posts covered Eye care, Coughs, Digestive disorders, Head aches, and Skin Careamong other topics. [Read More]
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Home Remedies from South India: Honey and Cinnamon's other uses

 Posted on January 3, 2013  |  2 minutes  |  339 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

This is a continuation of the series which started with Hair Care. The other posts covered Eye care, Coughs, Digestive disorders, Head aches, and Skin Careamong other topics. [Read More]
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LOG 1.15: Rise and Fall

 Posted on October 27, 2012  |  3 minutes  |  485 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

22nd April, 2011 Janani’s log; Solar date: 220411.12 Last week I had crammed too many activities into my schedule; attending multiple classes, working on the programming, in aerobics, music group and a Greenpeace meeting. [Read More]
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A Sleep Deprived Mind

 Posted on July 5, 2012  |  3 minutes  |  525 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

I woke up early and worked all day. Had very little lunch but instead of eating dinner at eight pm as I normally do, I went to sing with my friends until around eleven thirty in the night. [Read More]
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Fair is not Lovely

 Posted on May 25, 2012  |  3 minutes  |  622 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

Dear Women of India, I hope you will soon learn to laugh at the ads which endorse the notion that having lighter brown skin makes you more beautiful than you are already. [Read More]
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Home Remedies from south India: Chicken pox

 Posted on May 5, 2012  |  1 minutes  |  79 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

This is a continuation of the series which started with Hair Care. The other posts covered Eye care, Coughs, Digestive disorders, Head aches, and Skin care among other topics. [Read More]
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