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• Eating like a yogini (2): Foods according to the Indian dharmic texts

  By Anu Sandhu Bhamra on June 8, 2013 • ( 7 )

  This post is second in the series of Eating like a yogini. To read (1), click here. The diet logic according to the Indian religious (dharmic) texts: The first question that comes to any conditioned mind is: why should I… Read More ›

• Eating like a yogini (1): Why a vegetarian diet?

  By Anu Sandhu Bhamra on June 4, 2013 • ( 11 )

  Tired of listening to benefits of being a vegetarian? Doesn’t make sense to let go of a dinner of steak and wine? Or give up delicious hamburgers? And what about butter chicken? That tastes heavenly and so does lamb curry…. Read More ›

• It’s poll time on SandhuBhamra.com: do you believe in karma?

  By Anu Sandhu Bhamra on May 29, 2013 • ( 0 )

• A year of finding Self: SandhuBhamra.com is one today!

  By Anu Sandhu Bhamra on May 21, 2013 • ( 14 )

  A year ago, on this date, I launched my blog SandhuBhamra.com – a voice to the internal conflict of finding who I am. I was born and raised in India and started working as a journalist after Grade 12. First… Read More ›

• A little girl challenging notions of beauty and body image

  By Anu Sandhu Bhamra on May 13, 2013 • ( 6 )

  

  Look at the picture on the right. This is a snapshot from the only fairytale book I bought my five-year old daughter. I bought it, because even though I dislike the prince-rescues-princess gender stereotype, I wanted fairytales to be a… Read More ›

• Yoga is not scientific; science is, but a small part of Yoga

  By Anu Sandhu Bhamra on May 3, 2013 • ( 5 )

  Whoa! What? Yes, Yoga is not scientific; science is, but a small part of Yoga. Now you’ll ask: how? Prove it. Give me the scientific evidence. First an explanation of where science stands in context with Yoga: Stack five toy… Read More ›

• Why free food is not the highlight of Vaisakhi Nagar Kirtan (parade)

  By Anu Sandhu Bhamra on April 21, 2013 • ( 7 )

  

  Vaisakhi Nagar Kirtan (parade) is not about free food. Period. I am tired of hearing the phrase “free food” in some media coverage without giving a context to it. Yes, the food is served free of cost but the ‘why’… Read More ›

• Terrorism has no race, no culture, or an accent

  By Anu Sandhu Bhamra on April 16, 2013 • ( 3 )

  The first of the many tweets in reaction to the twin bombings at the Boston marathon yesterday: “Oh God, please, let it not be a Muslim”. “Please don’t be Arabs or Muslims”. The blasts, now classified as “terrorist act” drew… Read More ›

• Parenting rarely works on advice, but here’s one: don’t lie to your child

  By Anu Sandhu Bhamra on April 10, 2013 • ( 9 )

  At my daughter’s school, to drop her off, I saw one of her classmates miserably clinging to his mother. As we waited for the kindergarten teacher to come and take the kids, I politely inquired if the child was feeling… Read More ›

• Why these five “solutions” can’t end rape culture

  By Anu Sandhu Bhamra on April 7, 2013 • ( 9 )

  Last month, I wrote how Patriarchy and racism give birth to rape culture, not a drunk woman or her miniskirt. It generated quite a response, but for any blogger, academic researcher, activist, and feminist, who is trying to steer the… Read More ›