Every Friday, Lada leaves her small apartment to take tourists around Prague’s underworld. “I pass on my cautionary tale,” says the 54-year-old sex worker as she chain-smokes her way through Wenceslas Square in the Czech capital. “At least my ruined life can be useful. I can make a clean breast of it. It’s a relief.” … Read more
2/5 stars Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau Tak-wah single-handedly takes on a bunch of vicious hijackers during a commercial airline flight in the mainland Chinese production High Forces, a bizarrely conceived, if also intermittently entertaining, action thriller directed by Oxide Pang Chun. The melodramatic tone is set right from the off when we catch glimpses … Read more
NEW DELHI: More than 40 per cent of people diagnosed with bipolar disorder were free of symptoms and about a quarter achieved complete mental health, a Canadian study has found. Having a trusted confidant was the most influential factor in achieving complete mental health, according to co-author Ishnaa Gulati, a Master of Public Health graduate … Read more
NEW DELHI: Drinking alcohol could worsen one’s symptoms of bipolar disorder by destabilising mood and affecting efficiency at work, and it is not the other way round that is consuming alcohol because of mood swings, a new research has found. The mental condition is marked by unusual shifts in emotions, energy and activity levels, and … Read more
