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SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 2023
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LATEST BUZZWORDS EXPLAINED
A
new-age relationship term,
situationship defines a
relationship where you are
together but not quite! A
“situationship,” is essentially a relationship without any commitment. This arrangement allows
individuals to experience the benefits
of being in a relationship and being
single simultaneously. A relationship
is a situationship if the relationship is
undefined, there’s no consistency, no
talk of the future and the connection
is superficial.
Many modern-day relationships
are situaionships as people feel that
the biggest advantage of a such an
arrangement is that it carries less
responsibility, as relationships can
consume a significant amount of emotional energy. A situationship can
become stressful if each partner has
different
expectations
from the
relationship.
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RETHINK
PERSONALITY
TRAP 7 YOUR
TYPE
There are personality traits that make
an individual more susceptible to
fatigue or burnout. Understand your
type. Are you a…
SUPPORTER: One who keeps giving to
others but forgets to top up their own
energy reserves.
MOOD DEPLETER: You focus on past
events and on what you could have
done differently.
FUTURISTIC: You focus
too much on
the future and
don’t live in
the present.
OVERTHINKER: You
focus far too much on
your thoughts and are
constantly in fight or
flight mode, which is a
huge brain drain.
CAPTIVE: If family or
friends are going through a
tough time, you have a tendency to absorb their emotions,
sapping your energy.
FATIGUE FIGHTER: Learn who
you are, and how much “me”
time you need to recharge.
Create emotional boundaries.
WITH ONE IN FOUR OF US SAYING WE FEEL EXHAUSTED MOST OF THE TIME,
FATIGUE IS A COMMON PROBLEM. BUT IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE LIKE THIS
F
eeling tired is a common complaint, with a recent YouGov
survey finding 25 per cent of us
are exhausted most of the time.
Perhaps you think tiredness is
the trade-off for studying, pursuing hobbies
and leading an active social life. But nutritionist Karina Antram, who wrote a book,
“Fix Your Fatigue: Five Steps to Regaining
your Energy”, says, “Tiredness, whether
mild or debilitating, is your body trying to
tell you something. It’s saying that whatever you’re doing to keep it operating each
day isn’t working. Something is not right,
and the symptoms you’re feeling — from
sluggishness and brain fog to headaches and
gut problems — are your body’s way of
screaming to be heard.”
WHY AM I TIRED?
Being tired doesn’t just come down to sleep.
There are many different factors that can
contribute. Envisage a bowl with a hole in
it. Even if the hole is tiny, any water will
gradually seep out. It’s the same with energy. Any “holes” we have in our life — aspects of our current situation that use up a
lot of our energy — will cause energy leaks.
Some energy leaks apply to most of us
(stress, work, family, financial pressures)
but there are others you may not have considered, such as smoking, social media and
sitting all day. The modern lifestyle that
most of us lead – balancing work with family and constant technology – can be a serious energy leak. To understand why you
are experiencing fatigue, you need to look
into all the possible energy leaks.
But there are many smaller sources of
stress that can build up without us realising,
for example from overworking,
Fatigue Fighter: Create your own
stress tool kit. This will also help you
recover quickly when it strikes. Think
of whom to call for support, a meal that
can act as a ‘pick-me-up’ or an activity
that relaxes you.
TRAP 2 BREATHING
The way you breathe not only affects how
you feel but has a direct impact on your nervous system. Taking shallow breaths can increase anxiety and affects how you respond
to stress because it reduces the amount of
oxygen that can get into cells. It increases
heart rate and raises blood pressure, both of
which can impact on energy levels.
Fatigue Fighter: Deep breathing can be
transformative. Try the “4-7-8” breathing
technique. Close your mouth, inhale through
your nose for a count of four. Hold your
breath for seven seconds and then exhale
through your mouth for a count of eight.
TRAP 3 GUT HEALTH
Imbalance of bad and good bacteria in the
gut is not just a digestive issue, it can also
heavily impact energy, making you
sluggish.
Fatigue
Fighter:
Research
shows that 30
plants a week is
the optimum
amount to include for a healthy microbiome.
Try and add spices, herbs, fruits and vegetables in your diet.
TRAP 4 EXERCISE
Daily movement not only uses energy but
creates it. So moving your body is a quick
and easy way of picking yourself up when
you’re feeling tired. However, overdoing
it with excessive exercise can have a negative effect. Regular exercise in moderation creates
“good” stress.
Fatigue Fighter: Stretching
and balancing exercises are
great ways to move when you
are exhausted or unwell. Try
the tree pose.
TRAP 5 AGE
Fatigue can occur at
any age due to the different milestones of
life, but one thing we all
have in common is that
energy naturally
wanes as we age. One
of the causes of this
is micronutrient
deficiencies or
lack of essential
vitamins and
minerals
due to a decrease in
absorp-
tion as we get older.
Fatigue Fighter: Over-50s really need to
support bone health, as well as energy
production. Find a quality multivitamin
to take daily.
TRAP 6 THE SEASONS
You won’t meet many people who say
they have more energy in the winter
than in the summer. Most of us tend
to feel
t h e
need to hibernate in
the colder
months.
This is because in
winter the
body is asking us to
conserve
energy.
Fatigue Fighter: Take a short walk
outdoors first thing in the morning to expose yourself to
natural light, and
top up your vitamin D levels.
TRAP 7 LACK OF CONNECTION
Connection is the key to happiness. For
many of us, lockdown and social distancing reduced the strength of our connections, and for people who gain energy from
others, this negatively impacted energy
levels. And while the world has never been
more connected through social media,
there has been an increase in loneliness.
Fatigue Fighter: Try to get back in
touch with someone you have drifted
apart from.
TRAP 8 PURPOSE AND GOALS
Whether you are ambitious and
driven or not, everyone needs to
have a purpose. Purpose is about
having something to focus on that is greater
than yourself. If you
TRAP 1 STRESS
If you were asked to describe a
stressful experience, you would
probably talk about a major life
event like Board exams.
HEALTH
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WHAT IS METABOLISM?
Metabolism is termed as the rate at which
your body burns calories. Our mitochondria which are the tiny cellular engines
creating energy for the body are a vital part
of our metabolism. How quickly and efficiently the mitochondria can turn nutrients such as glucose into energy reflects metabolic health. If your mitochondria are inefficient, you store
glucose as fat. This is what a sluggish metabolism does.
DOES LIFESTYLE
AFFECT YOUR
METABOLISM?
Lifestyle plays a huge role in de-
termining your metabolism. The right lifestyle changes can improve your metabolism
whereas the wrong ones can cripple it. From
your eating patterns and habits to activity
levels and the way you train (exercise), water intake, sleep habits and even the quality
of thoughts that cross your mind impact
your metabolism in a huge way.
Nutrition and eating habits, in par-
TRAP 10 YOUR CHRONOTYPE
We each have inner clocks — our chronotype
— that control energy, mood and sleep. Knowing your chronotype will ensure you develop
an understanding of when to use and conserve
your energy throughout the day at the right
times. You can either be an early bird or a
night owl. This dictates what time of the day
you prefer to exercise, eat and sleep.
Fatigue Fighter: Regulating your routine
will help you to work out which chronotype
you are. And understand yourself better.
Wherever possible, go to bed at the same time
each day. DAILY MIRROR
MIND MATTERS
ticular, can also affect our metabolism.
While certain foods can give a boost to our
metabolism, some can also make it sluggish. Here are eating habits you could
adopt to aid your metabolism:
Eat more spices: Consuming spices
can positively boost metabolism. Spices
are heat producing in nature and capable
of boosting metabolism. For e.g. cinnamon, cumin, black pepper, cayenne pepper, bishops weed, fennel seeds, star anise.
Hydrate more: Lack of hydration can
also drastically reduce metabolism and
even a 1 per cent drop in hydration is
enough to do that.
Drink warm water: This is also a step
towards healthy metabolism. Warm
water aids in increasing the body temperature, which then increases the metabolic rate. An increase in metabolic rate
will allow your body to burn more calories.
Eat in alignment with circadian
rhythm: According to the circadian
rhythm, our metabolism is at its peak during the afternoon and hence it’s easier for
us to digest a meal (which is lunch) around
noon. As the day proceeds, our metabolism starts to dip. So, if one wishes to eat
an indulgent meal or a dessert, the best
time to do so is lunchtime.
Give up fad diets: Just like overeating
can harm metabolism, undereating or
crash dieting can also disrupt your metabolic fires. Fad diets that call for eating
extremely small portions of meals and
literally starving can slow down metabolism. The answer to this, however, is not
eating more. Eating every two to three
hours doesn’t necessarily mean a high
metabolism. In fact it can send your digestive system on an overdrive by making it
constantly produce acids and digestive
enzymes. The idea is to eat in
a way that suits your lifestyle in a balanced way.
Having said that,
nutrition is just a
speck of what
works in favour of
our metabolism.
One must also
focus on sleep
(most important
aspect), exercise
and emotional
health to attain
the best metabolic health.
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etabolism has truly become a buzzword in the
field of weight loss. While
some people go from pillar
to post finding ways to
boost metabolism, some thank their genes.
don’t have a “why” – a reason to get up in the
morning and crack on with your day – it can
have a serious impact on energy.
Fatigue Fighter: Set yourself a big goal.
The idea is to choose something that feels
totally out of reach, but that excites you.
It will ignite your imagination and boost
energy levels.
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Instead of expecting
something and falling into the
trap of familiarity, appreciate
that which is already there
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our mind will not let you be
happy as we are wired to look
for faults and failures and not
to focus on the feeling of fulfilment. Take delight in small
things in life, like a smile on a child’s
face or the morning sun on your face, or
a lick by your pet. The Keys to a Feeling
of Contentment:
Start small:It’s okay to take baby steps
to truly understand how to feel fulfilled
in life. You won’t be able to achieve an
unwavering sense of fulfilment overnight,
but with constant effort, it can become your
new normal. Even if you start small, remember to set and stick to goals. Include a
short priming exercise in your morning
routine. Every small action you take contributes to a greater sense of fulfilment.
Gratitude Journal: The simple practice of reflecting on what you are grateful for can lead to a happier, more content life. To record your thoughts, all you
need is a few moments of your time and a
gratitude journal. A gratitude journal is not
like a regular diary where you write random thoughts about your day; here, you
write about the things you’re grateful for—
big or small. Every small action you take
contributes to a greater sense of fulfilment.
Focus on the good emotions: You
can’t be happy all the time. But you can
definitely practice focusing on all the
good things life has provided you with.
Start your day with a smile even if you
don’t feel like it; say a small thank you
to the Universe for all. Your entire
attitude on life can be changed by
adopting a positive mindset.
Learn to Forgive: Practice
letting go of grudges and bitterness. Forgiveness is an intentional and purposeful decision
to let go of feelings of resentment
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or vengeance toward
an individual or
group. It requires patience and, above all,
strong determination. In this process,
don’t be too harsh on
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yourself.
Choose the peo-ple you spend
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time with: Yourr
feeling of self-worth is
also dependent on the kind of people you
surround yourself with. Be with people who
can help you to achieve your goals. Because
your tribe will either fuel your self-doubt or
fuel your confidence. Remember; always be
with people who will help you stay in action
despite your self-limiting doubts.
Finding a balance in life: Living and
maintaining a balanced life is extremely crucial for your health and wellbeing
in a fast-paced, modern
world. Learning how
to feel fulfilled entails finding a
middle ground.
Align your life
with your value system,
give it your
all, and learn
to be satisfied with
the results.
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Accept that
you can’t
change everything:
We have no
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control
over everyco
thing
or anyone —
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neither
situations
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nor
n people around
us
u — let us accept
this.
You cannot
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influence
somei
one else’s actions.
action Part of feeling
fulfilled is when you start focusing on your
actions rather than someone else’s.
Stop comparing yourself with others. Remember, a comparison is the
fastest way to be unhappy and unfulfilled as there would always be people
more successful than you or richer,
better looking than you. If you keep
comparing your life with others, you
will find endless reasons to be unhappy. Get out of this as
early as possible.
LEARN TO LIVE IN THE
PRESENT: Like forgiveness, this also requires
a lot of practice. We
have a tendency to
drift in the past but
always remember past
is done and dusted.
Similarly, your thoughts
for the future could not
become a restricting
factor like what will be,
what could be, what
might be, etc. Don’t let
your life be dictated by
emotions attached to
past events or future
potential outcomes.
Live in the present day
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PEOPLE
A page celebrating historical figures, young achievers, artists, writers. We look
at those in news, who have their birthdays in the week and just inspiring
personalities whom you can learn from
SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 2023
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THE PLANETEER
Kenyan environmentalist who championed
grassroots-led green movement
WANGARI MAATHAI
BIRTHDAY: APRIL 1, 1940
W
A FAIRY
TALE
STORY
DANISH AUTHOR
OF 150 FAIRY
TALES, LET’S GET
TO KNOW MORE
ABOUT THE MAN
WHO IS PART OF
EVERYONE’S
CHILDHOOD
HANS CHRISTIAN
ANDERSEN
BIRTHDAY: APRIL 2, 1805
She
was the first
African woman to
receive the Nobel Peace
Prize. Maathai played an
active part in the struggle
for democracy in Kenya,
and belonged to the
opposition to Daniel
arap Moi’s
regime.
angaari Muta
Maathai was
born on April 1,
1940 in Nairobi,
Kenya. As the
first female scholar from East and
Central Africa to study for a doctorate in biology, she also became the
first female professor in her country.
In 1977, she started a grass-roots movement aimed at countering the deforestation that was threatening
the means of subsistence of the agricultural population. The
campaign encouraged women to plant trees in their local environments and to think ecologically. The Green
Belt Movement, as it was called, spread to
other African countries, and contributed
to the planting of over thirty million
trees. Maathai authored four books:
“The GreenBelt Movement,” “Unbowed: A Memoir,” “The Challenge for
Africa” and “Replenishing the Earth.”
According to the Green Belt Movement, “Professor Maathai was internationally acknowledged for her struggle
for democracy, human rights, and environmental conservation, and served
on the board of many organisations.” Maathai’s mobilisation of
African women was not limited
in its vision to work for sustainable development; she saw treeplanting in a broader perspective which included democracy, women’s rights, and
international solidarity.
In the words of the
Nobel Committee:
“She thinks globally
and acts locally.”
MAYA ANGELOU
BIRTHDAY: APRIL 4, 1928
The world’s foremost expert in chimpanzees, Jane Goodall has
made lasting contributions to science and environmentalism
JANE GOODALL
BIRTHDAY: APRIL 3, 1934
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Jane Goodall was first introduced to chimpanzees when she was a baby. Her father
presented her with a toy chimpanzee
when she was one year old. She named
it Jubilee.
Goodall observed animals from
a young age. Once, she sat for five
hours in her family’s chicken
coop to watch a hen lay an egg.
When Goodall graduated from
high school, she couldn’t afford college tuition. Instead, she worked for
years as a secretary, a waitress, and a
filmmaker’s assistant.
Goodall first travelled to
Africa when she was 23
years old to visit a friend
in Kenya. There, she met
famous anthropologist Dr
Louis S B Leakey who
hired Goodall as his assistant. He later sent
her to Tanzania.
Shortly after
working in Tanzania, Goodall made
two revolutionary observations about chimpanzees: 1) that they used
tools, a behaviour previously
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attributed only to humans; 2) chimpanzees were
not vegetarian. Following these discoveries, National Geographic sponsored Goodall’s work,
sending photographer Hugo van Lawick to document Goodall and the chimpanzees. Van Lawick
and Goodall married in 1964.
Goodall entered Cambridge University
as a PhD candidate in 1962 – one of the
first PhD students accepted by the university without a college degree. She graduated in 1966 with a PhD in Ethology.
Despite being recognised as the
world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees, Goodall’s work has not escaped
controversy. Some scientists disapproved that Goodall named chimpanzees rather than assigning
them numbers. Others criticised her for using feeding
stations arguing that she
disrupted natural feeding
patterns.
Her books became so popular
that the chimpanzees she
worked with became known.
When one of the
chimpanzees died
— old Flo — the
“London Times”
printed an obituary.
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A
legendary author, poet, activist and all
around inspiring woman,
Maya Angelou touched the
lives of many through her
work. Here are some of her
most inspiring and uplifting
quotes.
“If you don’t like something, change it. If you
can’t change it, change your
attitude.”
“It’s one of the greatest
gifts you can give yourself:
to forgive. Forgive everybody.”
“I’ve learned that making a
‘living’ is not the same
thing as ‘making a life’.”
“People will forget what
you said, people will forget
what you did, but people will
never forget how you made
them feel.”
“If you’re always trying
to be normal, you will
never know how amazing
you can be.”
“Do the best you can until you know better. Then
when you know better, do
better.”
“I’ve learned that you
shouldn’t go through life
with a catcher’s mitt on both
hands; you need to be able to
throw something back.”
“Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demon-
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“I’m convinced of
this: Good done anywhere is good done everywhere. For a change,
start by speaking to
people rather than walking by them like they’re
stones that don’t matter. As long as you’re
breathing, it’s never too
late to do some good.”
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strating that all peoples cry,
laugh, eat, worry, and die, it
can introduce the idea that if
we try and understand each
other, we may even become
friends.”
“No matter what happens, or how bad it seems
today, life does go on, and it
will be better tomorrow.”
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Experts believe that a
lot of Andersen’s stories were autobiographical. Like the tale of
“The Ugly Duckling” reflects Andersen’s own feelings of alienation, as he
was teased for his appearance and high-pitched
voice when he was a boy.
There’s also evidence that
Andersen placed his characters in desperate and
hopeless situations to reflect his own personal
traumas, which included
being raised in poverty,
losing his father, and having to briefly work in a factory at age 11 to support
his mother.
According to UNESCO, Andersen is the
eighth most-translated writer in the world,
trailing right behind
Vladimir Lenin. Though
his works have been reproduced in more than
125 languages, not all of
them have been faithful
retellings. Some of the
translations make his
writing seem simplistic
and only seen as children’s stories.
Story goes that Andersen and Dickens has a
fallout thanks to the former’s bad behaviour at the
author’s house. Andersen
met his literary hero,
Charles Dickens, at an aristocratic party in 1847. And a
decade later he visited the
Dickens home in Kent, England. The visit was meant to
last two weeks at most, but
Andersen ended up staying
five weeks. During this time,
he was a bad guest who
threw tantrums, crossed
boundaries much to the chagrin of the Dickens family.
Once Andersen left, Dickens
wrote and displayed a note
that read, “Hans Andersen
slept in this room for five
weeks—which seemed to
the family AGES!” This visit
effectively ended their
friendship.
He was a man of phobias. He was afraid of
dogs. He didn’t eat pork
because he worried he would
get a stomach bug. He kept a
long rope in his luggage
while travelling, in case he
needed to escape a fire. He
even feared he would accidentally be declared dead
and buried alive. On his bed
each night, he would prop a
note that read: “I only appear
to be dead.”
He never got his own
fairy tale ending. At different points in his life,
he fell for a number of women but his feelings were unrequited each time.
The Danish government declared Andersen a “national
treasure” when he was in
his late sixties, around
the same time that he
started showing symptoms of the liver cancer
that would ultimately
claim his life. The government started constructing a statue of the author
in the King’s Garden in
Copenhagen to commemorate his 70th birthday.
Andersen died four
months after his birthday.
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THE ACTOR WHO MADE IRON MAN A HOUSEHOLD NAME HAS HAD A
TROUBLED JOURNEY BUT HAS MANAGED TO BEAT ALL ODDS
In his short life, Raffaello Sanzio
nown
di Urbino popularly known
as Raphael left behindd
an incredible legacy
clude the iconic School of Athens.
BIRTHDAY: APRIL 4, 1965
MIC
MICHELANGELO’S
R
RIVAL
RAPHAEL
BIRTHDAY: APRIL 6, 1483
LIKE FATHER,
LIKE SON
Raphael had art in his blood.
d. His
father, Giovanni Santi, wass a court
painter in Raphael’s hometown Urbino.
Santi painted altarpieces and portraits for
the court of Urbino, but died when Raphael was 11 years old. This left him an orphan, as his mother had passed when he
was only eight years old.
ARTISTIC JOURNEY
ROBERT DOWNEY JR
R
obert John Downey
Jr. has had a super
successful run in
Hollywood but for a
long time he was
battling issues of substance
abuse and lawsuits but only to
come back stronger than before.
Named by “Time” Magazine as
among the 100 most influential
people in the world in 2008, and
making it to the “Forbes” 20131015 list as Hollywood’s highestpaid actor, Downey has had a
brilliant comeback from rock
bottom. Here are some lesserknown facts about him.
B the time Raphael arBy
rived in Rome in 1508,
Michelangelo had already been hard at work
for Pope Julius II for
three years. Eight years
Raphael’s senior and alrready established, Michelangelo ended up working
an
next door to the young upnex
start. While Raphael worked on
the Pope’s
Pope library in the Stanza
della Segnatura, Michelangelo was working close by on the Sistine Chapel ceiling.
Raphael’s painting technique garnered
much attention and praise, to the dismay
of Michelangelo. This sparked an intense
rivalry between the artists.
A CLIMATE WARRIOR
Downey is passionate about
fighting climate change and
is committed to using new
technology to build a sustaina-
A CHARMER
By the time he was 17, Raphael was alRaphael is remembered for his charming
ready considered a fully trained artist,
personality. His affable manner was perbut he wasn’t yet ready to start his own
haps cultivated during his time surroundpractice. He followed what artists of that
ed by the court of Urbino. In contrast, Mitime did – became an assistant in an eschelangelo was known for his sullen and
tablished workshop. He moved to Perugia
brooding nature. His manners earned him
to work under one of the foremost masa good standing with the elite who commisters of the early Renaissance – Pisioned his work, but it also made him a
etro Perugino. Perugino was
great leader for his own team of
an early adopter of oil paintartists. Raphael built up a studio
For a brief
ing and found success
of 50 assistants.
period,
Raphael
working for Pope Sixtus
became
the
leading
IV to paint the walls of
architect in Rome and in
the Sistine Chapel. Raph1514, he was asked to
ael’s early style closely
He died on his 37th birthday
design the famous St.
mimics Perugino, but
(April 6, 1520) for reasons that
Peter’s Basilica in
Raphael soon surpassed
aren’t entirely clear. Historians
Vatican City
his master. In fact, Perugino
have listed pneumonia, pulmowas originally asked by Pope
nary disease, and exhaustion from
Julius II to paint the Stanza of the
being overworked as possible theories.
Incendio del Borgo at the Vatican but he
Whatever the reason, his early death was
switched his choice to Raphael. That
a tragedy. In the two weeks leading up to his
room now is part of what is now collecpassing, he put his affairs in order and retively called the Raphael Rooms and inquested to be buried in the Pantheon.
DIED YOUNG
RAVI SHANKAR
BIRTHDAY: APRIL 7, 1920
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A Bengali Brahmin, he was
born Robindra Shankar on
April 7, 1920 in Varanasi, the
youngest of four brothers, and
spent his first 10 years in relative
poverty, brought up by his mother.
He was almost eight before he met
his absent father, a globe-trotting
lawyer, philosopher, writer and
former minister to the Maharajah
of Jhalawar.
Shankar began his career as a
dancer at the age of 10, when he
went to Paris to join his brother’s
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ble future. He introduced The Footprint Coalition, an organisation he
co-founded to clean up the planet. The
actor has also signed a book deal to
release a book that will help people
reduce their carbon footprint.
TURNED HIS LIFE AROUND
The late 90s was a difficult period
for the actor as he was arrested on
several accounts between 1996 and
2001 due to substance abuse issues.
He was even sentenced to prison for
RISKY CASTING AS
IRON MAN
After years of drug abuse, alcoholism, and arrests, he was considered a risk as his public image had
taken a beating. Director and
friend Jon Favreau backed him up
strongly for the role – and his
2008 movie “Iron Man” set the
course for future Marvel movies.
three years. After spending one year
in prison, Downey was granted an
early release, and he decided to turn
his life around within a few years.
PRACTICES MARTIAL ARTS
He has been sober since 2003 and
what truly helped turn his life around
was martial arts. The actor has been
practicing martial arts for many
years, particularly Wing Chun, a martial art once practiced by Bruce Lee,
who went on to invent his Jeet Kune
Do technique. The training coincided
with his recovery and helped him
become grounded, open to others, and
more sensitive.
SAVED BY A MUSIC VIDEO
During his bad phase, studios were
dropping him from roles due to his conflicted image with the public. During
this time, Elton John stepped up to help
him get a positive arc for his career. In
2001, John wanted Downey to star in his
music video for “I Want Love”. It was
directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson within
a day and became a critical success.
(Uday Shankar) troupe. Eight
years later, he came back to India
and committed his life to sitar.
He apprenticed under the tutelage of Ustad Allauddin Khan,
more fondly known as Baba, who
taught Shankar the instrument.
Shankar composed music for
several movies and even served
as a music director at All India
Radio.
He was befriended by the lead
guitarist of The Beatles, George
Harrison, who took sitar lessons
from the maestro.
Shankar composed a ‘mournful’ new raga after Gandhi’s
assassination, which later became the soundtrack for the
movie “Gandhi”.
Shankar’s two daughters,
Anoushka Shankar and Norah Jones are exceptional musicians in their own right.
The legend was also the recipient of the country’s highest civilian honour, the Bharat
Ratna in 1996. He also won the
Grammy three times.
Shankar maintained residences in both India and
the United States. He passed
away in San Diego on December 11, 2012.
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HISTORICAL FIGURES
WHO JOURNALLED
Leonardo da Vinci
Frida Kahlo
 Marie Curie
 Anne Frank
 Mark Twain
 Charles Darwin
 Lewis Carroll
 Thomas Edison
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AND WHY YOU SHOULD TOO
JENNIFER ANISTON
Since she was thirteen years old,
Aniston has kept diaries and
thinks of them as her treatment
appointments. She usually has a
plain journal that she is said to
keep in a safe at home. In her old
interviews she has said that she
rarely reads her old journals but
uses them to curate her thoughts
and feelings.
EMMA WATSON
“I think your thoughts are so
much less frightening when
they’re tangible when you can see
them on a page in front of you,”
Watson said in an interview. She’s
a very organised journal keeper
and has at least ten separate personal diaries: a dream diary, a
yoga diary, diaries on people she
has met and things they’ve said to
her, and advice they’ve given her.
She says that the journals are a
safe environment for her to explore her creative side.
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON
Acclaimed businesswoman, syndicated columnist, author Arianna Huffington also
launched “Thrive Journal”,
to which she attributes
much of her success to. In
it, she lays out what she
believes to be the key elements of self-reflection. These
include: auditing your life;
setting goals for each part of
your life and finding gratitude
in each day.
JOSEPH GORDONLEVITT
Joseph Gordon-Levitt considers keeping a notebook vital to his devel-
opment and success. For him journalling is a tool for self-reflection. In an
interview he said: “I like to write. I’ve
gone through different phases in
my life of writing in a journal more or
less frequently, but it’s something I turn
to, especially when I’m trying to work
through something that’s vexing
WHY
JOURNAL
Helps to deal with
big feelings; Improves
writing skills; Enhances
communication skills; Reduces
stress; Sharpens memory and
stimulates cognitive function;
Encourages achievement of
goals; Cultivates
mindfulness; Promotes
good habits
me.” He has also mentioned that journaling helps him think more clearly.
MATTHEW
MCCONAUGHEY
A self-proclaimed journalling evangelist, Matthew McConaughey
feels that more men
should journal to be
more introspective
about their feelings through the
power of writing. In an Instagram
video, the actor addresses the
men to start journaling. “Look
I’ve had a lot of my male
friends, dudes, say, ‘Nah I
don’t want to journal, man.
Dudes don’t journal.’ Yeah we
do and I’ll tell you why. Any of
you dudes out there [who] work
daily to be better men, have places you want to go, things you want
to achieve in life — be better fathers, be better friends, be better at
our career — write them down.”