Spiritual leader Sadhguru often speaks about the need to create the right conditions for children to grow up healthily and happily, not through force, but through motivation. His thoughts and teachings on raising children touch upon yoga, awareness, responsibility and even the importance of beginning the day in a positive frame of mind. Here are…
Pic courtesy: Instagram/ India Witkin A US woman lost her ATM card while travelling through Kerala, India, and a stranger took a 14-hour trip to return it. When she offered him money, he politely refused. His name? Krishna. If this act of kindness doesn’t restore your faith in humanity, what will?India Witkin, a New York-based…
For anyone with a garden, coconut shell charcoal offers a genuinely useful, low-cost way to improve soil health. Once broken down and worked into soil, it helps improve water retention and aeration, creating better growing conditions for plants without needing any synthetic soil additives. Whole or halved shells also get repurposed directly as small planters…
A Norfolk field was left untouched for over a decade in the early 2000s after farming there stopped. Nobody sowed a single seed. Nobody planted a single wildflower. The only human intervention was a traditional annual hay cut, which was followed by farmers for centuries.What happened next was no less than magical. Within ten to…
Few flowers are as closely tied to India’s festive season as the chrysanthemum, and for good reason, it’s practically the signature bloom of Diwali decorations across the country. Sown now, it typically comes into flower from around August through November, with colours ranging from warm yellows and oranges to deep maroons, whites, and lavenders. It…
When an Indian Railways officer named Ananth Rupanagudi posted a resume on X, he did not expect the response he got. He asked his followers to zoom in. To read carefully. To look at what this man had built in classrooms, in research halls, in conference rooms, and in journal pages and to ask themselves…
For a young person seeking his or her first proper job, the traditional career ladder is simple: study, find an entry-level position, learn the ropes and grow within the company. However, as artificial intelligence begins to perform more tasks normally done by humans, this well-trodden path is at risk of disappearing for some professions. According…
A burnt dish can leave more than a ruined meal behind. The sharp smell of scorched food can linger in the kitchen for hours and sometimes spread into nearby rooms. Smoke and odour can settle on curtains, towels, and other fabrics, making the smell harder to remove. Simply opening a window may help, but it…
Toaster ovens tend to get used constantly and cleaned rarely, quietly collecting layers of splattered grease and crumbs while every other kitchen appliance gets regular attention. Part of the problem is that a toaster oven isn’t quite the same cleaning job as a full-sized oven; its compact size and exposed heating elements mean you can’t…
Generative Image (Photo via Canva) Aluminium foil is the go-to kitchen pal to cover freshly cooked food to keep it hot and intact. But that’s not all it’s used for.Surprisingly, the humble-looking aluminium foil has many surprising applications, and one among these is keeping the bananas fresh!If you’ve ever bought a bunch of bananas with…
We’ve all been there. You spend an hour blowing out your hair, hoping for that bouncy, voluminous vibe, only for it to fall completely flat the minute you step outside. It is incredibly frustrating, especially when dealing with the kind of humidity that just zaps the life out of your roots. But here is a…
Opening the fridge to find water droplets clinging to the shelves, or worse, a small puddle sitting under the vegetable drawer, is one of those small household annoyances that quietly gets worse the longer it’s ignored. It’s worth knowing upfront that a little condensation isn’t automatically a problem; some moisture on the back wall or…
William Wordsworth (Photo via Canva) William Wordsworth was an English Romantic poet and the forerunner of modern poetry with a deep love for nature, childhood, and ordinary human experience. He served as Britain’s Poet Laureate from 1843 until his death and is best known for works like “I wandered lonely as a cloud” and “Daffodils’Wordsworth…
Neem Karoli Baba (Photo: @Dharmsena_1/ X) Neem Karoli Baba, popularly known as Maharajji, was a revered Hindu guru and a devotee of Lord Hanuman. He helped many renowned figures around the world discern a clear and effective life path, including Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and Ram Dass, a Harvard psychologist and psychedelic researcher who later…
Breakfast is supposed to be a pretty simple affair. You order your food, have a coffee and get on with your day.But one breakfast in Gurugram took a very different turn when a diner noticed something moving inside his food.It was a live worm crawling over the meat in a partly eaten sandwich.The diner filmed…
Indian Woman In New Zealand Struggles To Find Doctor For Sick Child: ‘Perhaps India Is Best’For a parent, having a sick child and being told the next available doctor’s appointment is a week away can be incredibly stressful.That’s what an Indian woman living in New Zealand says she experienced recently, after her child had been…
Mallika Sherawat is having a moment all over again. Her “sharp tongue and don’t-give-a-damn energy” on Traitors Season 2 have made her one of the most talked-about faces on the show, and viewers can’t seem to get enough of her. Clearly she is enjoying a dream of“comeback”.But behind the fearless, no-filter star fans see today…
Changing your hair colour is one of the easiest ways to transform your beauty look. But before you ask your stylist to recreate your favourite celebrity’s hair colour, there is one important thing to consider, your undertone. Indian skin tones vary from very fair to dark complexions, with warm, cool, and neutral undertones. Hence, the…
Optical illusion personality tests trick the eyes and minds into believing what is seen first based on a person’s perspective.That’s the idea behind a viral optical illusion by artist Oleg Shupliak, who layers four hidden figures, and each one is said to reveal something different about what draws you into love. Whether you’re new to…
A photo of Shrutika Baranwal with her parents. (Courtesy: The Indian Express) A degree certificate is usually a moment of celebration- something a family waits for, photographs, and carefully puts away. For Ramesh Prasad Baranwal and Babita, however, the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) degree they will receive this week carries a grief that…
