Life & Style

Songkhla fishing village (Canva) Thailand is often imagined in neon nights and island escapes. Yet, step a little away from the usual routes and you’ll find towns where heritage lingers in facades painted in pastel shades, in flavours shaped by Thai kitchens, and in waterfronts that once welcomed travellers from across the seas. These coastal…

For 12 years, Xiao Chen worked in the aviation industry as a flight attendant. Today, her working day looks very different. Instead of preparing for flights and attending to passengers, she spends her time selecting crabs, packing seafood orders and coordinating deliveries in her hometown in China. Chen’s career change may seem unexpected, but it…

BallBack provides free collection bins to schools, tennis courts and clubs. When Prem Kamasani saw his tennis coach throwing away hundreds of used tennis balls after practice, he wondered whether they could be put to better use. Instead of letting them go to waste, the high school student decided to collect them. That small effort…

Optical illusion personality tests are interesting images that trick the brain and eyes into believing what a person sees, based on their focus, current thoughts, and perspective. What makes these tests even more interesting is that there are multiple objects cleverly layered inside these images, and whatever you choose claims to reveal a hidden personality…

The grill plate of an oven is usually the first part to look neglected. After a few rounds of roasting tikkas, baking cutlets or grilling vegetables, it ends up coated with baked-on grease, burnt bits and a stubborn brown film that no quick wipe can shift. Many people reach for strong oven cleaners, but those…

Gujarat is home to a unique landmark characterised by vast white salt plains. The landscape here seems to have borrowed colours from the sky and is a magnificent sight to behold. The Rann of Kutch is a vast seasonal salt desert that looks almost otherworldly. It appears as an almost endless white surface that glows…

We often feel stuck in life. There are times when we feel that nothing we do is leading to our desired goals. As if someone is pulling us down. Being sad and depressed, we look out for signs. Signs that will tell us what we need to do and what must be done. In that…

Photo: Gautam Dev / Linkedin IITs, or the Indian Institutes of Technology, are the most prestigious institutions in India, and getting selected into one of these is a dream come true not only for students but also for their parents,Once the person graduates, they then imagine a long career in tech as a safe bet;…

Photo: @TheDeverakonda/ X Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna are fans’ favourite romantic couple in town who have time and again set new standards for love.Recently, the couple sat down with Prakhar Gupta on his podcast PGX: Raw & Real, where they gave a rare peek into their married life, detailing adorable nuances about their day-to-day…

Image courtesy: Facebook/@Abhay Kumar Pandey Dr Abhay Kumar Pandey, a senior mycologist at the Tocklai Tea Research Institute in Jorhat, Assam, has been named among the world’s Top 2% Scientists for the fourth consecutive year. His research focuses on the health of tea plants, including the use of beneficial microorganisms to control fungal diseases that…