With Diwali on November 8, the annual clean-up is in full swing, and guests will soon be sitting on your sofa cushions and sleeping on your beds. Mattresses, pillows and cushions are easy to forget, yet they collect dust, sweat, oil, spills and odours all year round. The good news is that you do not…
A toddler picks up a favourite toy, walks towards a parent and proudly holds it out. Just as the parent reaches for it, the child pulls it away, hugs it close or starts playing with it again. A few moments later, the same thing happens. The child offers the toy, waits for a reaction and…
Not every success story begins with being the topper of the class, infact sometimes it begins with a scores which often land us to doubting ourselves.Tejesh Vaish, a 26-year-old engineer from Lucknow, scored just 48 percent in Class 5. Years later, he secured admission to IIT Kanpur and now leads AI engineering at a Dubai-based…
A steaming plate of Maggi and a cutting chai up in the mountains is pretty much a rite of passage for anyone traveling through Himachal. But behind those cozy roadside stalls lies a business scale that most tourists completely overlook. Up at Rohtang Pass, one local vendor recently broke down his daily sales, proving that…
Maximalism in Indian fashion can quickly tilt into chaos if you don’t know what you’re doing, but Kangana Ranaut’s recent appearance in Ahmedabad was a lesson in how to do heavy detail right. Custom-crafted by Frontier Raas, her saree was a striking mashup of traditional craft – bringing together rich Rai Bandhej Bandhani on smooth…
Inspired by Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain, this gender-neutral name is a natural choice for parents drawn to grand landscapes and ambitious beginnings. The mountain was named after British surveyor Sir George Everest, rather than deriving from a word meaning mountain. As a given name, however, it carries associations of endurance, determination and reaching…
Quote of the day by Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci was a Renaissance painter and sculptor, best known for creating the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.But beyond art, he also filled thousands of notebook pages with studies of anatomy, water, flight, and machines, and his curiosity never faded.Over the years of his work,…
A gramophone that once filled a room with music, a camera from another era, a pocket watch that has long stopped ticking and newspapers that recorded moments from India’s past. These objects may look like forgotten belongings to some, but for 61-year-old Abdul Wadood Khan, each one carries a story worth preserving. Known as Raja…
Photo credit: Indian Express A saree woven by Prafulla Kumar Sahoo is not completed in a few days. The 59-year-old weaver from Dodunda Singipur village in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district spends around 30 days, including preparation, making one specially designed Patta saree. The work involves fine cotton yarn, carefully arranged threads and motifs created by hand,…
Hoskin watched the films at his local Regal Cinema in York Haven, Pennsylvania, between April 2024 and April 2025. For most people, watching three films in a day would be a long movie marathon. For Glenwood Hoskin Jr., it became part of his daily routine for an entire year. The 60-year-old American from Pennsylvania watched…
