The Science of Skin and Hair

Hair has an important role in our appearance. Its functions include body temperature regulation, protection and a surface to facilitate evaporation of sweat, besides being a sense organ, just like the skin. In fact, hair is a modification of skin, growing all over our body except on our palms and soles, eyelids and lips. So it follows from this that healthy skin contributes to healthy hair.

Vidya Sury

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Men on My Mind

The next book at your adda is the first book in a brilliantly funny and sophisticated trilogy about an urban Indian woman’s encounters with love and sex. A clever and colourful debut novel, this book traces a single woman’s journey from her teenage years to her mid-twenties. Presenting to you ‘Men on My Mind’ by Radha Thomas.

Men on My Mind by Radha Thomas
 

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Accidental India

The first book of 2013, examines India’s ascent through the paradigm of seven game changers: the economic liberalization of 1991, the Green Revolution of the sixties, the nationalization of banks in 1969, Operation Flood in the seventies, the mid-day meal scheme of 1982, the software revolution of the nineties, and the passing of the Right to Information Act in 2005. Today at your adda, we have the amazing Shankkar Aiyar with his latest book ‘Accidental India’. The perfect start to the new year, isn’t it?

Accidental India
 

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