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Oct 4, 2023 | 
theswaddle.com | Devrupa Rakshit
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) has long been celebrated for its efficacy in treating various mental illnesses — including depression and anxiety — besides equipping people to deal with issues pertaining to self-esteem, motivation, procrastination, or even interpersonal relationships.
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Oct 1, 2023 | 
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Image Credit: Getty Images/Hitesh Sonar For The Swaddle“Why do you want your marriage to be doomed?” I was asked by a relative, for daring to wear a black jumpsuit to my court wedding.
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Sep 29, 2023 | 
theswaddle.com | Devrupa Rakshit
X (formerly Twitter) suspended the account of Dr. Cyriac Abby Philips — popularly known as “theliverdoc” — after a Bengaluru civil court passed a temporary injunction, directing it to do so till January 5, 2024, the News Minute reported.
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Sep 27, 2023 | 
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In India, 63% of cancer-related deaths among women were preventable if risk factors were reduced by ramping up screening and diagnosis; simultaneously, timely and appropriate treatment could’ve saved the lives of 37%, new research has found.
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Sep 22, 2023 | 
theswaddle.com | Devrupa Rakshit
Food cravings during periods have been successfully portrayed in memes and pop culture as being inescapable and, on occasion, insatiable. Attracting one particularly towards carbs and sweets — like ice creams, fries, grilled cheese sandwiches, and piaza — period cravings are touted as the leading saboteurs of people’s diet schedules.
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Sep 16, 2023 | 
theswaddle.com | Devrupa Rakshit
In this series, we dig into our strange phobias, fixations, and neuroses, and ask ourselves — Is This Normal? I was staying at a hotel in Delhi recently, anxious about an important meeting I had the next morning. Through the night, I kept waking up; for some reason, my half-asleep brain was stuck in this nightmare loop, where instead of giving me the wake-up call I’d requested, the hotel workers kept trying to break into my room.
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Sep 15, 2023 | 
theswaddle.com | Devrupa Rakshit
I once tried to remain friends with an ex. “We’d been friends before we started dating. Surely we can preserve that friendship,” I thought; I was wrong. While I approached our dynamic with the objective of remaining just friends, he saw it as an opportunity to hound me to date him again. Needless to mention, this venture was doomed to fail. But that hasn’t discouraged me from remaining platonic with others I’ve dated.
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Sep 11, 2023 | 
theswaddle.com | Devrupa Rakshit
Image Credit: Getty ImagesThis weekend, luxury fashion influencer Masoom Minawala posted a now-deleted video, seeking a… questionable, to put it one way, degree of reverence for her work. She reacted to a post deriding influencers, explaining how influencing ‘changes lives’ — a claim which has riled up the Internet. For the record: all work is labour, no matter how tangible or intangible it might seem.
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Sep 8, 2023 | 
theswaddle.com | Devrupa Rakshit
Where we live can affect the way we talk — whether it’s the language we speak, how we pronounce certain words, or which words and phrases we are more inclined to use. A recent study — published in Frontiers in Psychology — alludes to that possibility. Ian Maddieson, an adjunct research professor in the department of linguistics at University of New Mexico, who led the study, wanted to demonstrate the impact of our environment on the sound structure of the languages we speak.
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Sep 6, 2023 | 
theswaddle.com | Devrupa Rakshit
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name, would smell as sweet,” goes the famous Shakespeare line from Romeo and Juliet. The Indian saying — “Naam bada ya kaam? (It’s one’s work that matters, not their name)” — means the same. Yet, with the ‘India’ vs. ‘Bharat’ debate dominating social media discourse in the country — polarizing political parties and individuals alike — one is bound to wonder how, of all things in the world, we ended up debating the name of our country.
