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For many women, their late thirties and forties bring changes that can feel confusing. Periods may become irregular, sleep may become difficult, moods may fluctuate, and weight may begin to settle around the abdomen. These changes are sometimes blamed on stress or ageing, but they may also be signs of  perimenopause , the natural transition leading up to menopause. What Is Perimenopause? Perimenopause is the period during which the body gradually transitions towards menopause. It commonly begins in the forties, although some women notice changes earlier. During this phase, the ovaries begin producing fluctuating amounts of oestrogen and progesterone, two hormones involved in menstruation, reproduction, and several other bodily functions. This transition can last for several years. Menopause itself is reached when a woman has gone 12 consecutive months without a menstrual period, provided there is no other explanation for the absence of periods. Why Does Perimenopause Happen? The pr...

There is a strange moment that can arrive somewhere in the middle of life. Nothing may be dramatically wrong. You may have a home, a family, a career, responsibilities, and a routine that looks perfectly normal from the outside. Yet somewhere inside, a quiet question begins to appear:  Is this really the life I want? This is often described as a midlife crisis, but it does not always look like the dramatic transformation portrayed in movies. Sometimes there is no sports car, sudden career resignation, or reckless adventure. Sometimes it is simply a growing awareness that the person you have become is not exactly the person you imagined you would be. In our twenties, life often revolves around building. We pursue education, careers, relationships, marriage, children, financial stability, and social acceptance. We make decisions based on what seems important at the time. We are often focused on creating a secure future. Then, somewhere in our forties, we begin looking at that future ...

Friendship feels different when we are young. In school and college, friendships often grow simply because we are constantly together. We share the same classrooms, lunch breaks, jokes, exams, secrets, and little dramas that seem enormous at the time. We rarely ask whether we have enough time for our friends. Time is simply there. Then adulthood arrives, and friendship begins to change. As we move through our thirties and forties, life becomes crowded with responsibilities. Careers demand attention, marriages and relationships require effort, children enter the picture, parents grow older, and financial responsibilities become increasingly important. The easy availability we once had for friendship slowly disappears. This is when some old friendships begin to drift. Two people who once spoke every day may eventually speak only a few times a year. School friends who once knew every detail of each other's lives may become strangers on social media, occasionally liking a photograph or...

The Himalayas are often described as the “Third Pole” because they contain one of the largest concentrations of snow and ice outside the Arctic and Antarctic. These glaciers are not simply frozen landscapes. They are an important source of water for millions of people, support agriculture and hydropower, and help sustain ecosystems across South Asia. Today, however, the Himalayan ice system is undergoing profound change. A major warning came in March 2026, when the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development reported that glaciers across the Hindu Kush Himalaya are losing ice at an accelerating rate, with the rate of ice loss having doubled since 2000. This matters because melting glaciers can create two seemingly opposite problems. In the short term, increased melting can contribute to greater water flows and raise the risk of floods, landslides and glacial lake outburst floods. In the longer term, continued glacier loss can reduce the amount of stored ice available to su...