It was estimated by the World Health Organisation that during the eighties, “in many countries, 80 per cent or more of the population living in rural areas (were) cared for by traditional practitioners and birth attendants.” The decades that followed saw an unprecedented expansion of biomedicine/western/modern
Booking.com is ahead in India compared to any online travel agency since it launched its India office back in 2012.With more than 36,000 India-specific properties comprising mainly hotels, this year it also ventured into the homes segment with a special team. Unlike Airbnb, its
In India, you can buy saffron that is “useful in asthma, indigestion, body pain, fever, dry skin diseases and pregnancy”, ghee that increases “memory power”, intellect and digestion, and lemon pickle that “improves your immunity level and helps the human body develop resistance against infectious agents”. Such claims rely not
Frederic Aranda is a photographer specializing in group portraiture. His work has twice been selected for Portrait of Britain, with both his winning images standing out for their dramatic feel and quirky composure. Aranda works against the grain. His images shirk traditionally hierarchical, staid
Blending tradition with modernity, Forevermark, the diamond brand from the De Beers Group of Companies, has launched the Traditional Setting Collection. In this type of setting, the gold encases the diamond allowing only the table to be visible and is a classic setting, which
A traditional horse racing competition has been held at Satkhira’s Ashashuni upazila Friday evening. A total of seven horses along with equestrians from Satkhira, Khulna and Jashore have participated in the competition, which took place at Pirojpur Bil under the upazila’s Khajra union. In
With more couples choosing to live together before they get married, the traditional wedding gift list is often redundant. The average UK wedding now costs more than £27,000, so who wants an extra toaster, new kettle or spare bread-maker when what you really need is some
A special evening of poetry and traditional Irish music presented by Stephen James Smith and Macdara Yeates as part of MusicTown 18. The evening features artists, poets, Stephen James Smith, Felispeaks, John Cummins and musicians Eithne Ní Chatháin (Inni-K) Eoghan ó Ceannabháin (Jiggy, Aon
A modern four-acre, oceanfront estate in Montauk, New York, has been listed for sale for $21 million. The owner is Michael Hirtenstein, a real estate investor and telecom mogul. He purchased the compound, which is comprised of two separate, contiguous lots, in 2013 for
Marcella is an ITV crime drama with a titular cop whose dark personal life gives her a unique insight into her investigations, just like every other titular cop in every other ITV crime drama since the beginning of the universe. Yet viewers expecting a
