Life & Style

At six, Dhinidhi Desinghu struggled with something many swimmers eventually learn to love: being in the water. Getting her feet into a swimming pool and putting her head underwater felt frightening, and her parents had to enter the pool themselves to help her feel comfortable. Eight years later, that same Bengaluru girl stood on the…

You mix the batter, heat the tawa, pour a ladle and wait for a thin, golden, crackly dosa. Instead, you get something pale, floppy and slightly damp in the middle. Many home cooks blame the batter, but the most common culprit is simpler: pouring batter onto a pan that is not hot enough. When the…

For generations, devotees visiting Gujarat’s Ambaji temple have taken home something sweet after offering their prayers: Mohanthal prasad. Now, the temple’s much-loved offering has received a Geographical Indication (GI) tag, giving its long-standing connection with Ambaji official recognition.The announcement came on the first day of Navratri, making it a special moment for the temple and…

Anyone who cooks every day knows the feeling. You run a hand over the kitchen slab, and it feels tacky, with a thin film of oil, spilled chai, jaggery and masala dust that a quick wipe never quite shifts. Expensive degreasers are not always needed. Baking soda, a pantry item most homes already have, is…

Screengrab from her Youtube channel ‘De mi Rancho a Tu Cocina.’ At 75, Mexican grandmother Doña Ángela has built a large online audience through her YouTube cooking channel, ‘De mi Rancho a Tu Cocina,’ which translates to “From My Ranch to Your Kitchen”. As reported by Mexican publication Rodeo Capital in 2024, her cooking videos…

Maria Alexandra didn’t expect a Navratri celebration at a Mumbai mall to make her emotional. But as she watched people dance Garba, she found herself thinking about leaving India one day, and how much she’d miss moments like this.In a video shared on social media, Alexandra, who is from Romania, turns her camera towards the…

Walk into a room painted in a soft sage green or a gentle sky blue, and your shoulders often drop before you even notice. Colour has a quiet way of shaping how we feel, which is why hospitals, spas and meditation studios tend to avoid loud, harsh shades. Researchers say the effect is real but…

Quote of the day by Leo Tolstoy Leo Tolstoy was a Russian writer, philosopher, and social thinker. He wrote several novels, some of which, including War and Peace and Anna Karenina, are internationally praised classics of world literature.As he grew older, Tolstoy began thinking deeply about faith, right and wrong, and peaceful ways of living….

What if admitting “I don’t know” is not a sign of weakness but the beginning of meaningful learning? In a world where artificial intelligence can produce answers in seconds and professional knowledge can quickly become outdated, Santhosh Jayaram’s ‘Operating from the Zone of Incompetence: Why Not-Knowing Is the New Intelligence’ arrives with a timely question:…

In 2018, Phool Kumari started poultry farming with just 100 chicks. For the tribal farmer from Borang village in Jharkhand’s Gumla district, it was a way to supplement her family’s modest income from rain-dependent farming. The family earned around ₹50,000-60,000 a year from agriculture, making it difficult to manage household expenses and pay for their…