Anu Prabhakar

Mumbai

Freelance Journalist at Freelance

Feature writer. ✍ @BBCIndia @VICE @qz @Huffpost @thenationalnews @scroll_in, @TheMumbaiMirror @Mint_Lounge @thenewsminute & more ✉[email protected]

Articles

Should your DNA determine your menu?

Nov 28, 2024 | khaleejtimes.com | Anu Prabhakar

Read next story Nutrigenomics studies how genes and nutrition interact with each other Published: Fri 29 Nov 2024, 6:32 AM By Anu Prabhakar Last year, Dubai resident Charmy* took a genetic test hoping it would solve a medical mystery that had been plaguing her for decades.
Obsessed with skincare? How much is too much?

Oct 17, 2024 | khaleejtimes.com | Anu Prabhakar

Read next story It’s a thin line between a harmless interest in skincare products and treatment and a full-blown obsession called dermorexia By Anu Prabhakar Skin, we were once taught, is an organ but in 2024, it’s meant to be glass-like; blemish free and luminous.
Inside The Mind Of A Workaholic

Sep 20, 2024 | forbesindia.com | Anu Prabhakar

Rahul* had forgotten what it felt like to wake up because he rarely, if ever, truly slept. When the Bengaluru-based executive coach turned 40 in 2019, he set an unrealistic goal for himself: To become glitteringly successful. To that end, he became an independent consultant and began chasing and closing multiple deals. “I kept pushing myself,” says Rahul, who is a member of Workaholics Anonymous (WA). The first sign that things were going downhill was the lack of sleep.
‘Slapped, kicked, called names’: Some UAE teachers open up about getting bullied by students

Aug 22, 2024 | khaleejtimes.com | Anu Prabhakar

Read next story Kindergarten teacher Ruth* belongs to that rare breed of people who truly love their job. The Fujairah resident has spent most of her career working with young children who bring her joy. “When a lesson is going well, it’s such an amazing feeling to see that little light of understanding switch on in the students’ eyes,” she says, while talking about what draws her to the profession. It wasn’t always so picture-perfect, though. During her previous stint at an international...
UAE: How to welcome neurodiversity in the workplace

Aug 1, 2024 | khaleejtimes.com | Anu Prabhakar

Read next story Nidal Morra realised that he might have Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) at an inopportune moment: while skydiving, as he plunged into nothingness. It was his 33rd jump and until then, the licensed skydiver had found the activity ‘hyper exciting’. “But this time, while I was free falling, I was getting bored,” he tells Khaleej Times via Google Meet. “I was checking the time, the altitude and how long it was going to be before I could open my chute.” And it...
Meet the expat couple travelling 8,000km from UAE to France by road

Jun 27, 2024 | khaleejtimes.com | Anu Prabhakar

Read next story Dubai resident Loan Laux is a frequent flyer to France and whenever his plane whizzed past countries like Turkey and Iraq, he would look out of the window for the captivating views. “You think to yourself: what would it be like to actually drive there instead of fly?” he says. To find out, Loan and his wife Kaouthar Azzoune have embarked on an epic 8000-km road trip from Dubai to Brittany in northwest France, that would span 49 days. When we catch up with them in Bulgaria...
UAE families prepare to reconnect and renew bonds during Eid Al Adha

Jun 13, 2024 | gulfnews.com | Anu Prabhakar

In a world where the only constant is tumultuous change, celebrating festivals can remind us of a simpler past, devoid of the frenetic pace that characterises the present. They are also moments in time to covet those family heirlooms — be it a special prayer, or that secret dessert recipe. This weekend, Muslims around the world observe Eid Al Adha. For families, it’s a time to pray and introspect, and also celebrate with time-honoured traditions.
UAE: Will you book a limousine for your nanny? This new initiative is celebrating domestic help

Jun 13, 2024 | khaleejtimes.com | Anu Prabhakar

Read next story Jean Pereira and Aditi Menon met as college students in India several years ago and instantly became friends. “We are Aquarians,” they announce happily, during our interview. They stayed in touch over the years but reconnected when Aditi relocated to Dubai two years ago after living in the US for 15 years. At that point, both were at a critical juncture in their lives. “Like most women, I was looking for a job that would offer stability and flexibility in terms of the time I...
How UAE schools celebrate the achievements of the Class of 2024

May 24, 2024 | gulfnews.com | Anu Prabhakar

Graduation ceremonies can often feel like the end of an era and evoke mixed emotions in students — there’s an excitement that’s mingled with a faint trepidation about the future, an eagerness to fly the nest while also yearning for familiarity, and a youthful enthusiasm to build new friendships without fracturing old ones. But perhaps most importantly, it also celebrates the dawn of a new era in students’ lives.
How UAE schools celebrate the achievements of the Class of 2024

May 24, 2024 | gulfnews.com | Anu Prabhakar

Graduation ceremonies can often feel like the end of an era and evoke mixed emotions in students — there’s an excitement that’s mingled with a faint trepidation about the future, an eagerness to fly the nest while also yearning for familiarity, and a youthful enthusiasm to build new friendships without fracturing old ones. But perhaps most importantly, it also celebrates the dawn of a new era in students’ lives.