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It is only when we fall ill that we recognize the value of good health, said Manisha Koirala (Bollywood actress, activist and cancer survivor) in a recent interview to a daily. How very true! When we lose something, we realize its importance. This is particularly true of our physical and mental wellness and health. How much we take for granted that which is actually the most precious thing in life! We lose our health so easily in our efforts to gain money, earn promotions, meet deadlines, achieve high marks etc. Like so many things in life which come free, we assume our wellness is also free. However just like so many essentials which are unnoticed in their presence, good health is also conspicuous by its absence. This point was driven home recently when I visited a hospital to admit my ailing father. So many children, youth and old persons afflicted by various physical and mental ailments, awaiting or undergoing painful and complicated treatment, made me acknowledge the weal

Saw Disney Picture's animation flick 'Frozen' recently. A great film with a beautiful message worked in the plot. A film that celebrates filial love and the right to be different. For a change, the heroine is not a weepy, delicate, classic beauty waiting for her Prince Charming to rescue her and walk down the aisle for a happily ever-after kind of ending. Here both the heroines are strong-willed, individualistic and full of fire. The elder sister Elsa, grappling with a curse, still enjoys her solitude and wants to "let it go". The younger girl, Anna, who is the more chirpy and exuberant of the two, believes fiercely in her sister and wants to bring her back to her rightful place.  Between them, they do not need any prince to solve matters or display any heroics. The prince turns out to be a frog, while the commoner helping Anna remains in the background. When the girls rock, who needs men? Anna is saved by the love of her sister, and not by any man.