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| The Feminisation of Diabetes: India’s Growing Health Challenge | | | Dr. Manorama Bakshi | 11/12/2025 10:48:25 PM |
| | There was a time when diabetes was seen as a man’s disease a byproduct of business lunches, middle age, and city stress. In fact, a generation ago, a man in his forties with a receding hairline and a growing belly was often seen as a picture of prosperity a symbol of success and comfort. But that comfort, as we now know, often came from a more sedentary, less active lifestyle.
Today, that picture has changed and sharply so. The faces of diabetes are increasingly those of women young, middle-aged, and elderly -balancing work, caregiving, and household responsibilities, often at the cost of their own health.
The data tell a story of both progress and paradox. According to the Global Bur | |
| | | | World Kindness Day – November 13, 2025 | | Compassion and Sensitivity: The True Balance of the World | | Lalit Gargg | 11/12/2025 10:48:09 PM |
| | Today, as humanity advances rapidly on the path of material progress, it is simultaneously drifting away from human values and compassion. Science has undoubtedly made life more comfortable, yet it has also made humans more self-centered. Competition, consumerism, greed, and the hunger for power have dulled the inner flame of kindness. In an era marked by violence, terrorism, wars, economic rivalries, and deepening hostility, the observance of World Kindness Day becomes more significant than ever before. This day reminds us that the true measure of civilization lies not in technological achievements but in the compassion, empathy, and love residing within the human heart. Kindness is not we | |
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