Golden hour
THEY SAY, and it is proven without doubt, that a lot can happen between a mother and
By Lakshmy Ramanathan November 16, 2019
Columns
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- Lakshmy Ramanathan
- Shobhaa De
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- Maroof Raza
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- Mallika Sarabhai
- Amjad Ali Khan
- Hemant Oberoi
- Binayak Sen
- Patrick French
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- Derek O Brien
- Sourav Ganguly
Guest Column
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Fighting it together
By Dr Kishore Kotha September 14, 2019 -
Preventing chronic kidney disease
By Dr Bharat V. Shah July 20, 2019 -
Building capacity
By Dr Sanjiv Kumar July 20, 2019 -
Patient safety, the prime priority
By Pavan Mocherla June 15, 2019 -
Hit in the heart
By Dr C.N. Manjunath May 25, 2019 -
Five worrying factors this election season
May 18, 2019 -
Guaido vs Maduro: Face-off in Venezuela
By Jorge Ramos April 06, 2019 -
Get tested on time
By Dr M. Udaya Kumar Maiya February 16, 2019
Lakshmy Ramanathan
Lakshmy Ramanathan is the author of For Bumpier Times: An Indian Mother's Guide to 101 Pregnancy and Childcare Practices. she conducts 'Riding the Bump' workshops for expecting mothers and new parents.
BABY STEPS
In a gold spot
WE OFTEN ask our parents what sort of a baby we were. Were we adorable or
By Lakshmy Ramanathan November 02, 2019
Forty day funda
WHEN I HAD just given birth to my daughter, I was constantly told to stay away from
By Lakshmy Ramanathan October 05, 2019
Bathing the baby
WHEN I WAS researching for my book, a grandmother from Kolhapur got in touch with
By Lakshmy Ramanathan September 14, 2019
The 40-day diet
NEW MOTHERS, especially in the four southern states, follow a form of regimented
By Lakshmy Ramanathan August 24, 2019
More to paan than just masala
COMING FROM a south Indian household, I grew up watching every ceremony conclude
By Lakshmy Ramanathan August 03, 2019
Amazing ajwain
There are a lot of traditional practices that surround pregnancy and infant care in
By Lakshmy Ramanathan July 20, 2019
Magical methi
INCLUSION OF fenugreek (methi) seeds in some form or the other in a new mother’s
By Lakshmy Ramanathan June 29, 2019
Getting back in shape
I RECENTLY received a mail from a young mother about her struggle with losing
By Lakshmy Ramanathan June 15, 2019
Drink it up
RIGHT AFTER I gave birth to my child, my mother-in-law asked me to go easy on water.
By Lakshmy Ramanathan May 25, 2019
Boiling hot or icy cold bath?
FROM turning weepy in the middle of a supermarket (courtesy supercharged hormones)
By Lakshmy Ramanathan May 04, 2019
Tummy check
SIX MONTHS after giving birth to her twins, Ramneek Gupta, 29, noticed the ‘coning’
By Lakshmy Ramanathan April 20, 2019
Doubt-bound
When my friends began to have their babies, I used to get strangely similar calls
By Lakshmy Ramanathan March 30, 2019
Can ghee really help with labour?
TRADITIONALLY, a very high amount of ghee (a cup per meal) was included in the diet
By Lakshmy Ramanathan March 09, 2019
Planning your baby’s birth
WHAT IS A birth plan?” I once asked a group of dads-to-be at a workshop. One of
By Lakshmy Ramanathan February 16, 2019