Maintaining a svelte figure is one of the most challenging parts of being a beauty queen, and many aspirants turn to vegetarianism in their quest to achieve a pageant ready body. But for reigning Miss World Manushi Chhillar of India, the decision to go on a plant-based diet came way before she even put on […]

Watching a cute animal video on the Internet is the digital equivalent of doing a line of cocaine. It’s quick and easy to consume content that releases sweet, sweet dopamine, but without the physical or legal repercussions, and you can even share it with your grandma. But the best part? It’s free…well, just about. As

Those of us old–or cool—enough to have listened to Deadeye Dick’s now-classic “New Age Girl” rock ditty know that the song’s main character Mary Moon is vegetarian. And that it is sung quite tongue-in-cheek, as if the vocalist is trying to say he can’t be one, but he’s still the star, period. Fast forward to

“Genes load the gun, lifestyle pulls the trigger,” was what I remember most from a November 2007 interview with a naturopathic doctor. It wasn’t the first time I heard of this, but hearing it from someone who has been studying centenarians in one of the world’s “Blue Zones” really validated the line. This doctor from

(Editor’s Note: This updates the article “A Worse Form Of Poverty Is About To Beset The Philippines, And Here’s Why We Have To Stop This Now” that first appeared here on May 2, 2018) From the start of our existence online, we at TessDrive have always advocated for compassion and sustainability in our lifestyles. This

Reed-thin Allan “Shishir” Inocalla gently laid his two arnis sticks down on the ground, stood upright, closed his eyes, and then backflipped. Then he flipped his wallet out of his back pocket, and showed me his senior citizen card. Allan, or “Shishir” (he prefers to be called the latter), is all of 60 summers. But he could still pass for a 40-year-old, both

(Editor’s note: The article, which first appeared in the November 2016 issue of Carmudi Magazine, has been updated as of October 15, 2021) Jonathan Mantle’s book “Car Wars: Fifty Years of Greed, Treachery, & Skullduggery in the Global Market Place” states, “A hundred years ago, there were six highly experimental cars. Today, there are close