There’s a good chance a stack of yesterday’s newspapers is sitting somewhere in your home right now, waiting for its usual fate, wrapping fragile items, lining a shelf, or simply heading straight to the recycling pile. But that ordinary stack of newsprint is quietly one of the most versatile materials sitting around most Indian homes,…
(Image Credits: Pinterest) Monsoon may bring relief from the heat, but the season can be rough on your hair and scalp. High humidity, sweat and frequent exposure to rain can leave hair frizzy, greasy and prone to dandruff, infections and hair fall.And some everyday habits can make things worse.From leaving rainwater on your hair to…
Pulling a wrinkled shirt out of a laundry pile with no time left to iron it is a genuinely familiar kind of panic, and it’s exactly the problem behind one of the more unusual laundry trends making the rounds online. The method is almost absurdly simple: toss a handful of ice cubes into the dryer…
A seven-year-old Indian-origin boy in the UK has achieved a feat that would normally be associated with teenagers. Jivyan Reddy Dhruva, who lives in South Ruislip in west London, has cleared the GCSE Higher Mathematics examination at an age when most children are still in primary school.Jivyan appeared for the Pearson Edexcel GCSE Higher Mathematics…
Quote of the day by Sadhguru: “Creation is in the lap of the Creator, and the Creator is the core of creation” Sadhguru, the mystic and yogi, often gives novel perspectives on how we view our daily life in general, and even though his words sound simple, they are interesting lookouts into how we might…
Have you ever tried to sit quietly for just a few minutes without any phone, music, or anyone to talk to?With just you and your thoughts.It doesn’t take long before the mind wanders off on its own, replaying an old conversation, worrying about tomorrow, or drifting into a memory you didn’t even ask for.Well, it…
Can you guess India’s Milk Capital? Here’s why this Gujarat city earned the title Some Indian cities are famous for monuments, some for food, and others for industries that shaped the country. Then there is Anand, a city in Gujarat whose identity is closely linked to something found in almost every Indian kitchen: milk.Anand is…
Laid off by Amazon, woman starts chicken farm: ‘I have my product, the eggs’ A job loss can leave people unsure about what comes next. But for Maria Harshitha, an unexpected career break eventually opened the door to a completely different kind of work.Her story, shared on LinkedIn, has drawn attention because of the unusual…
Dr. Ganesh is now working as a medical officer at Sir Takhtasinhji General Hospital in Bhavnagar. When Ganesh Baraiya was around 10, a circus troupe came to his home in Gujarat with an unusual offer. They wanted to take him away and offered his farmer father ₹5 lakh. Baraiya was born with dwarfism and was…
There’s something almost instinctive about wanting to bottle a bit of that perfect white sand before leaving a stunning beach behind, a tiny, tangible souvenir of the holiday. What a lot of travellers don’t realise, though, is that this seemingly harmless habit is actually a punishable offence in several parts of the world, carrying fines…
