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Kashmira Gander

@kashmiragander

Kashmira Gander is a Lifestyle Writer at The Independent

Lifestyle

What is gaslighting and what are the signs to look out for?

Health & Families

What is basal cell carcinoma?

Health & Families

3 lessons about how to be happy according to a Harvard study

Love & Sex

Why it’s normal to sometimes feel miserable after sex

Food and Drink

Five things that happen when you stop eating meat

Lifestyle

A Satanist explains why he doesn't actually worship the devil at all

Related video: Wine and Cake With Amelia Singer
Food and Drink

Chocolate cake for breakfast predicted to be the big 2017 food trend

Mistress Morrigan Hel is among the dominatrixes that photograhper Max Eicke captured in his Dominas project
Love & Sex

What a photographer learned spending 3 years capturing dominatrixes

Orthodox Jewish boys dance and sing dance and sing while collecting money for their school during the Jewish holiday of Purim
Home News

Five things you didn't know about the Jewish festival of Purim

Kyushu offers a slower pace than Honshu
Asia

Why you should forget Honshu and visit Kyushu instead

Health & Families

Why we should reconsider assigning babies as 'boys' or 'girls'

News

Inspiring home of the week - a monochrome dwelling in San Francisco

Health & Families

The symptom you shouldn't ignore, according to a bowel cancel survivor

Health & Families

The symptom you shouldn't ignore, according to a bowel cancel survivor

Love & Sex

What it's like for women to date bisexual men

Mark Mahoney is considered the godfather of blackwork tattooing
Lifestyle

Angelina Jolie's tattoo artist on the weirdest design he's ever done

Lifestyle

Millennials can't afford kids, so we have house plants instead

One hairdresser created a new eyebrow for a client
Lifestyle

Hairdressers reveal their most bizarre experiences with clients

One hairdresser created a new eyebrow for a client
Lifestyle

Hairdressers reveal their most bizarre experiences with clients

Lifestyle

19 pieces of advice older women would give their younger selves

Food and Drink

How wine on tap could change how we drink

Perfect pair? You might be making white your next match with cheese
Food and Drink

10 of the biggest myths about wine, debunked

Love & Sex

What a man who did a PhD in threesomes learned about sex

Love & Sex

How to live with a vegetarian, according to an omnivore

Love & Sex

How the housing crisis changed break-ups forever

Lifestyle

Former page 3 model Keeley Hazell on sexual assault

Lifestyle

The one piece of advice women with careers need to know

Love & Sex

How the housing crisis changed break-ups forever

Lifestyle

Former page 3 model Keeley Hazell on sexual assault

Lifestyle

The one piece of advice women with careers need to know

Lifestyle

How not to dress like an offensive idiot on Halloween

Lifestyle

How not to dress like an offensive idiot on Halloween

Brighton has been a party town since the 18th century
UK

What to do in Brighton

Fashion

How modest fashion became mainstream

The project aims to highlight that inner-city developments and green spaces do not have to be mutually exclusive
News

The amazing homes in Vietnam where plants grow through the floor

Food and Drink

Indian Chef of the Year on the mistake people make when cooking curry

Food and Drink

Indian Chef of the Year on the mistake people make when cooking curry

Éric Chavot is a Michelin-starred chef
Food and Drink

Éric Chavot reveals his plans for Bob Bob Ricard offshoot Bob Bob Cité

News

Inspiring Home of the Week – A garden with a home in Mexico City

Head chef Stephen Harris opened The Sportsman in 1999
Food and Drink

How a 'grotty' boozer in Kent became the UK's best restaurant

Lifestyle

Why people enjoy kissing with tongues, according to scientists

Food and Drink

A Palestinian chef on how the region started clean eating

Lifestyle

Gordon Ramsay wants to tackle cocaine addiction in the food industry

17-year-old Rian hopes that people won't need to come out in the future
Lifestyle

A disabled, trans, bisexual man on what it's like to come out twice

10 October is World Mental Health Day
Health & Families

The truth behind the controversial mental health theory of 'kindling'

Health & Families

Poet Neil Hilborn on how writing helped him cope with mental illness

Lifestyle

13 items under £20 that have changed people's lives for the better

Located just five metres from the water, the Norwegian retreat benefits from unobstructed sea views
News

Inspiring home of the week: A Scandi chic summerhouse on stilts

News

Inspiring home of the week: A Scandi chic summerhouse on stilts

Located just five metres from the water, the Norwegian retreat benefits from unobstructed sea views
Food and Drink

Duck and Waffle Local brunch review

It all comes down to what is known as the ‘food-pairing theory’
Food and Drink

Indian food breaks the rules of flavour - that's why it's so delicious

Erik Lorincz, the head bartender of The American Bar
Food and Drink

A London bar has been named the best in the world

Food and Drink

Chef Martha Ortiz makes Mexican food like you've never seen before

Food and Drink

Chef Martha Ortiz makes Mexican food like you've never seen before

Food and Drink

Top chefs say you should never eat these foods

The packaging for a toy gun featuring an anti-US cartoon
News

Meet the man who has regularly visited North Korea since 1993

Food and Drink

17 things to never say to a veggie

Olive oil was also substituted with sunflower oil, and parmesan with less expensive cheeses
Health News

Pesto sauces 'contain more salt than McDonald's burgers'

Lifestyle

How emojis are helping us to communicate better than ever

Photographer Kortney Peterson captured the moment
Love & Sex

Bride surprises grandmother by wearing her wedding dress from 1962

The project’s best feature, a cut-out roof, was also it’s biggest hurdle
News

Inspiring home of the week: A beach house with a cut out roof

'No family should have to go through this hell'
Health & Families

Why a father shared a photo of his 4-year-old dying of cancer

Lifestyle

Five basic mistakes people make when applying make-up

Fashion

The important reason you have a pair of jeans in your wardrobe

Health & Families

Why perfumes and artificial fragrances can damage your health

Health & Families

Why perfumes and artificial fragrances can damage your health

Food and Drink

The biggest mistakes when eating Japanese food, according to top chefs

Food and Drink

Top chefs reveal the worst things diners do in restaurants

The man from Preston received a Playmobil set as a child
Health & Families

Man discovers mass in his lung is not cancer but small toy cone

A shopper tries out the new Apple iPhone 6 at the Apple Store on the first day of sales of the new phone in Germany on September 19, 2014 in Berlin, Germany
Lifestyle

The psychology of WhatsApp lurkers

A shopper tries out the new Apple iPhone 6 at the Apple Store on the first day of sales of the new phone in Germany on September 19, 2014 in Berlin, Germany
Lifestyle

The psychology of WhatsApp lurkers

Health & Families

Why don't all women get C-sections?

Lifestyle

Teenager praised for sharing body positive Instagram post

Fashion

This sleeping bag coat is like being in bed outside

Tech

Facebook hoax suggest users can reveal secret online stalkers

Japanese sushi has become an increasingly-popular lunch option in the UK
Food and Drink

How to eat sushi, according to a top Japanese chef

Supermodels (from left) Carla Bruni, Claudia Schiffer, Italian designer Donatella Versace (C), Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford and Helena Christensen walk the runway at the end of the show for Versace
Fashion

90s supermodels reunite on Milan catwalk in Versace tribute

Food and Drink

Chef Elizabeth Haigh on how to cook the perfect scrambled eggs

Food and Drink

When we eat to survive, the concept of a 'foodie' is beyond stupid

Food and Drink

Yorkshire puddings have been turned into burrito-style wraps

Michel Roux Jr has two Michelin stars
Lifestyle

Michel Roux Jr reveals his secret to cooking the perfect steak

Travel

Qatar Airways unveils double beds on flights

Food and Drink

Why we need to stop calling immigrant food 'ethnic'

Lifestyle

The Japanese concept of ikigai could change your life

Food and Drink

Chefs reveal the time saving tips they swear by

News

Tehama 1 is a rustic retreat in Clint Eastwood's California settlement

Lifestyle

Is the four-hour week something rich millennials made up?

Food and Drink

Chefs reveal the time saving tips they swear by

News

Tehama 1 is a rustic retreat in Clint Eastwood's California settlement

Lifestyle

Is the four-hour week something rich millennials made up?

A woman with Afro hair pose at the Afropunk music festival in New York
Lifestyle

What you should never say to a person with Afro hair

Food and Drink

The founder of Planet Organic on the biggest healthy eating mistakes

Lifestyle

The history of Instagram makeup

Could learning these four factors prompt us to reconsider ordering in food for the third time in a week?
Lifestyle

How mastering salt, fat, acid and heat will make you a better cook

News

Inspiring Home of the Week: A hideaway in a forest clearing

Food and Drink

The secret to eating bread and not feeling bloated

Lifestyle

Are man caves sexist?

Battered: cod populations are still recovering from major depletions of the 1990s (Ge
Food and Drink

UK's 10 best fish and chip shops revealed

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