Life & Style

Getting children ready in the morning can sometimes feel like a test of patience. You ask them to brush their teeth, get dressed and comb their hair. They say they will do it, but a few minutes later, you find them playing with a toy or doing something completely different. So you repeat the instructions,…

Image courtesy: Instagram/@riswan_freestyle A football, a waterfall and one carefully timed kick. In November 2023, Muhammed Riswan filmed a short video at Keralamkundu Waterfall in Kerala’s Malappuram district. He kicked a football towards the waterfall, making it appear as though the ball had disappeared behind the falling water. The clip was meant to be a…

Woman planning destination wedding questions tradition as in-laws expect her side to cover expenses Wedding traditions can sometimes lead to disagreements when families have different expectations. One such question has come up on Reddit, where a bride-to-be has sought advice about an arrangement her future in-laws consider traditional. Her dilemma has prompted users to share…

‘Salvator Mundi’ depicts Christ facing forward, raising his right hand in blessing while holding a transparent crystal orb in his left. In 2005, two art dealers bought an old painting of Jesus Christ at an auction in New Orleans for $1,175. The work was in poor condition and had been attributed to a follower of…

Nia Patel speaking at her grandmother’s memorial (@patelontheplanet) Krishna Ahooja-Patel is a woman who devoted her life towards peace, women’s rights and social justice. She was being remembered at a memorial lecture in Ahmedabad. Among those invited to speak was her granddaughter, Nia Patel. But as Nia spoke about the experiences of women in India…

5 things to check before leaving your house for a long weekend A long weekend usually means one thing: a few days away from work, a change of scenery and some much-needed time to relax. But the excitement of leaving can make it easy to overlook the little things waiting back home.A forgotten appliance, an…

A contribution of Rs 2 may seem too small to change a family’s financial situation. But for Kunwari Barwa, a woman from Gumla district in Jharkhand, those small savings became the starting point of a much larger journey. What began with a self-help group (SHG) in her village gradually developed into a women-led agricultural enterprise…

Your phone might already contain a photo of your Aadhaar card, a PDF of your flight ticket, a copy of your driving licence and screenshots of important transactions. Keeping these documents close at hand can be convenient, especially when you need to show them at short notice. But convenience can come at a cost if…

A chance encounter on a New York subway platform changed the course of Bhavitha Mandava’s life. At the time, she was a student with no professional modelling experience. Today, the Hyderabad-born model has walked for some of the biggest names in international fashion, opened a Chanel runway show and become a Chanel House Ambassador. Now,…

5 mistakes people make when sharing their live location Sharing your live location can make meeting friends easier, help family members know when you are on your way home and make it simpler to coordinate plans in an unfamiliar place. It is one of those phone features that can be genuinely useful when used thoughtfully….