Image courtesy: Instagram/@joespeakshindi An Australian man has brought back a memory of Rajasthan to his kitchen after making a cup of desi chai with camel milk, 18 years after he first tried the drink in Bikaner. Joseph Freeman, who shares videos about India and speaks in Hindi on Instagram under the handle @joespeakshindi, said he…
Some days you want a cookie, and the pantry has nothing to offer but a few bananas and a bag of oats. Good news: that is nearly enough. These soft, chewy lemon oatmeal cookies use four simple ingredients, with no flour, eggs, refined sugar, dairy, butter or oil. Ripe banana holds everything together, dates add…
Photo courtesy: longwavillage.com At first glance, this place looks like a remote village nestled amid the green hills of Northeast India, where traditional homes, forested slopes and a close-knit community define everyday life. But look a little closer, and its location begins to tell an extraordinary story. Here, an international boundary is not merely a…
Photo: AI generated via Canva A lucky six-year-old boy from Madhya Pradesh has won a Toyota Fortuner worth around Rs 50 lakh in a lucky draw after his grandmother bought a coupon for just Rs 200 at a Garba event.And while most of us have tucked a raffle ticket at some point, be it a…
Photo: Facebook/Manju Nautiyal A song can travel across mountains, states and languages before the voice behind it becomes familiar to the wider world. For Manju Nautiyal, a folk singer from Uttarakhand’s Tehri Garhwal district, that journey has taken an unexpected turn. Her distinctive, high-pitched Pahari vocals, heard prominently in rapper Badshah’s Delhi Se Manali (Ladka…
Friendship reveals its true meaning when there is nothing to gain. It is easy to stay close to someone when life is exciting, opportunities are flowing, or their success can somehow benefit others. But what happens when a friend has nothing to offer? The quote, “Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity,” is…
Photo: Natural History Museum/ Guilherme Gehr Dinosaur fossils are like treasure troves that give a peek into the past, millions of years ago when these most deadly beasts roamed the Earth.And while many of them are surrounded by purely scientific names, some get their names beyond the lab. A newly named dinosaur from southern England…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi with the fan After a smashing win against New Zealand, India’s 15-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi was once again the centre of all the attention. But after India’s victory in the third T20 International in Wellington, it was not a six or a boundary that caught the internet’s attention. Instead, it was a woman spectator’s…
AI representation/ChatGPT There is someone who can talk for an hour over coffee, ask questions, tell stories and make a conversation feel effortless. But put the same person in a room with six friends, at a family gathering or in a workplace meeting, and they barely say a word. Others may assume they are shy,…
Optical illusion personality tests are interesting images that trick the brain and eyes into believing what a person sees first based on their perspective, focus, and thoughts running through their heads at the moment. But what makes these tests even more interesting is that your friend sees a duck, yet you feel 100% sure that…
