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APRIL 2021 Vol 45, Issue No. 1112 womansera.com BUILDS HAPPY HOMES 5 Articles 14 18 34 LIFE AS A TEEN HIGH A FRIENDLY ADVICE TECH SAVVY DRESS TO IMPRESS OR LOW? NANDINI KUMAR TEENS AND PARENTS RICHA GOEL A. KARTIKEYAN HIMSHIKHA SHUKLA 44 GETTING LOST IN 78 LADIES, DON’T CORN MAZE IGNORE ABNORMAL HIMSHIKHA SHUKLA BLEEDING! DR. V. K. NIGAM 46 AYURSOMA AYURVEDA ROYAL 84 STRANGE MALADY RETREAT SHALINI BHARDWAJ 36 SWEET MELODY ADITI MAHESHWARI 51 STOP ABDICATING 92 NIGHTMARES A REFLECTION OWN YOUR CHARUTA MALSHE AMAZEMENT! ADITI MAHESHWARI 94 LIFE AS A NYMPHOMANIAC! 59 EXPERIENCE THE RAMA DIFFERENCE WITH SCULPT INDIA 96 SHOPAHOLICS : BEWARE OF SHOPPING 60 THE LURE OF SPREES NEW FAMILY FAVORITE! YESTERYEARS SANTOSH PATTANAIK REEMA BANSAL MEHTA ● Chandrakala Cookery ● Gatta 100 RARE IS STRONG ● 68 ALZHEIMER’S SUJATHA RAO Ghevar FATE THROUGH AN ● Hara Bhara Kabab EXCEPTIONAL 104 DIMOND MINING ● Kalakand WOMAN IN INDIA ● Ker Sangri RAM SRIDHAR G.V. JOSHI ● Matar Kachori ● Methi Muthia ● Plain Khakra ● Potli Samosa ● Ring Dhokla (Corn Filling) ● Till Khoya Laddo 70 62 FROM SWEAT- CENTRIC TO BREATH-CENTRIC MUNIZA TARIQ 16 VACATION TIME (POEM) 32 TODDLER TRENDS 48 PERSONAL PROBLEMS 50 TEENACHE 58 DRIFTING (POEM) 66 KITCHEN QUERIES 67 BEAUTY QUERIES 83 YOUR BODY 91 I AM PREGNANT 99 CHILD CHALLENGES Fiction 6 103 MY DAUGHTER IS MY SON (POEM) 40 A TYPICAL TEENAGER 88 FOOD FOR LOCKDOWN SUJATHA RAO MUNIZA TARIQ CINEPLEX 56 THE SMOKELESS 106 THE TRUTH BEHIND BLUE FLAME MEMORIES Features LEILA RAU JASLEEN KAUR SETHI Editor, Printer & Publisher OFFICES DIVESH NATH Mumbai: 1704, Lodha Supremus, Dr E Moses Marg, Worli Naka, Published on behalf of Delhi Printing & Worli, Geeta Talkies Building, Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. 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COPYRIGHT NOTICE This copy is sold on the condition that © Delhi Printing & Publishing jurisdiction for all disputes concerning 30 Co. Pvt. Ltd. sale, subscription and published matter New Delhi-110 055. INDIA. will be forums/tribunals at Delhi. EXPERIMENTAL GLAM! PRETTY AND PLUM! Self-addressed stamped envelopes must be enclosed with all manuscripts, otherwise the rejected material will not be returned. No responsibility is assumed for material submitted for publication. Life as a Teen! High or Low? Dealing with ups and downs By A. Kartikeyan he life of a teenager seems to But if a teenager displays setting, so it's only fitting for the Tchange daily. One minute a symptoms of depression for more school counselor to be the primary teen seems interested in a than two consecutive weeks, it source of relief for these stresses. new sport, topic in school, or type might point to something beyond School counselors help teenagers to of music, only to completely shift normal teenage mood swings. A balance their social and academic gears the next. Constantly exposed variety of factors cause teens to lives, while providing guidance and to new ideas, social situations, and feel “down” and depressed. The advice about the future. people, teenagers work to develop negative events – both within the their personalities and interests realms of family and friends – Dealing With It during this time of great change. greatly affect a teen's mental Parents need to provide these health. Those who encounter both rules, while also remaining flexible UnExcited? negative interpersonal and and respectful of the growing Many teenagers find class and achievement events will likely suffer teen's need for independence. Even school work “unexciting” or from lower self-esteem, which acts if a parent doesn't enjoy the music “pointless”, and report they don't as a significant barrier to treating his or her teen listens to, it's feel motivated or challenged by the depression. Teens who do not unlikely that the choice of music will material. According to “The Silent receive proper care are at higher prevent that teen from entering a Epidemic,” a report from Civic risk for self-medicating through good college, or lead to health Enterprises, most students drop out drugs and other high-risk behaviors consequences. However, if that of school because they are that put their futures on the line. teen is drinking alcohol and driving, “uninterested” in the material. Teenagers consider developing parents must enact strict And of the students who friendships and engaging in social punishments to teach that there are dropped out of school, most were situations as some of the most consequences for poor choices that not failing students. In fact, many of important aspects of adolescence, come with increased freedom. the students had C averages or so when problems arise in these Parents who do not consistently better, and indicated that if they areas, teenagers feel hurt, stressed, enforce their set rules run the risk had felt like it, they could have and rejected. Most of these of losing credibility with their graduated from high school without situations happen in the school teenager. Parents without much trouble. credibility will likely see most of TEENS WHO DO NOT their rules broken, and face an “out- Down Days in Teen Life of-control teen,” who doesn't Maybe it's the bad weather, or RECEIVE PROPER CARE respect their rules, their lifestyles, the disappointing grades on a hard ARE AT HIGHER RISK or their wishes. test, but some days teenagers just FOR SELF-MEDICATING During adolescence, teenagers act uninterested in life or school. develop emotionally, cognitively, But these symptoms often pass THROUGH DRUGS AND and physically. These changes aren't quickly, as teens move on to new OTHER HIGH-RISK without challenges, but education school subjects, or meet with BEHAVIORS THAT PUT professionals, family members, friends to distract themselves from counselors, and psychologists are what bothered them at the THEIR FUTURES ON THE available to help the teens navigate moment. LINE. this difficult period. We Woman’s Era ● April 2021 5 CinePlex Nora Fatehi Couldn’t Stop Her Tears While Talking About Her Bollywood Struggles, “I Had The Biggest Slap On The Face” ora Fatehi is a common Nname in the industry now and no one can stop from grooving to the beats of her dance numbers. She rose to fame with the song Dilbar and has never looked back. But her journey from Canada to India hasn’t been as easy as it seems on the surface. In an interview shared by Brut India, Nora Fatehi got emotional as she recalled all her struggles and traumatic experience. “It was nothing like that. I had the biggest shock of my life, the biggest slap in the face,” she said. She talked about meeting vicious people, who stole her passport, after which she was deported. She had to go back to Canada and people laughed at her and asked why she went to India in the first place. idya Balan has had quite an Viconic career in the Bollywood industry. She recently recalled how she was worried about her family reacting “Dad clapped, mom cried”: to the infamous movie, ‘The Dirty Vidya Balan on her parents’ reactions to Picture’. She also took to revealing her mother and father’s reaction to ‘The Dirty Picture’ the film, as they came out after the screening. She told The Times of India, “We have had support; we were never judged. For example, during the screening of The Dirty Picture, I was worried about how they would react and was waiting outside the screening room during the interval. But when they came out of the screening, my father actually clapped and said, ‘I didn’t see my daughter anywhere in the film’. And my mother cried when the movie ended. She said that not for a moment she feels that I looked cheap, which is a huge compliment was coming from her.” From Bollywood... Priyanka Chopra Opens Up On Getting riyanka Chopra Jonas is in Negativity From ‘Own Community’, “Notice Pthe news lately after the A Sense Of Cynicism For No Reason…” launch of her memoir titled Unfinished.

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