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It’s best you believe that fitness is also a part of your grooming regime

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Grooming for men has turned into a multi-million dollar industry and there is hardly any cosmetic product or procedure out there that does not cater to men or does not want to reel in male customer. Grooming was for long thought to be a female bastion and on the rare occasion that a male cosmetic product came out, the brand would have to sit in the trenches. The worst part was that men would have to hide their usage saying they are blessed with naturally good shiny hair, glowing flawless skin and no body hair, the web of lies was basically continental in proportions. In sharp contrast females would show off the best cosmetic products that they possessed and which liner or mascara they used was a party discussion add to this the bling factor and females could have an in-exhaustible repertoire of topics sprinkled with their favored products and designers. The male genome was basically relegated to look like a tree in the park beautiful yet neglected, pruned when required. By the ea

Health is Wealth and Mental Health is the El Dorado

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Let’s address the elephant in the room: Depression, the mere suggestion of the word causes one to shudder. The shuddering though is mostly limited to the Indian subcontinent, the West to the East have by and large accepted this mental health problem as a normality and have come up with a public health system that can tackle this fast spreading issue. In India depression was seen as a western ‘Disease’ and a rich man’s problem, however in early 2004 alarm bells sounded ringing when studies found that almost 4 per cent of the population was suffering from depression and by 2016 almost 42 percent corporate employees were suffering from mental health issues and depression, infact one survey even went on to claim that almost 80 per cent bank employees on or above the age of 40 had suffered a heart attack as a result of stress. For a country where the government estimates that 1 in 5 people in the country need counseling either psychiatric or psychological, India is alarmingly sh