A baby suddenly stops crying the moment you pick them up. A toddler hides something after being told not to touch it. A little one shakes their head and insists they did not eat the chocolate, even though the evidence is all over their face.To a parent, these moments can look surprisingly like lying. 28…
There’s something quietly satisfying about turning a piece of ginger that’s been sitting in your kitchen drawer into an actual, living plant. The good news is you really don’t need a garden, a green thumb, or any special equipment to pull it off. Ginger is one of the easier kitchen scraps to regrow successfully, provided…
Kid singing national anthem (PC: X) Anand Mahindra, the ace industrialist, is mesmerised with the performance of a five-year-old boy from Nagaland. The boy’s soulful rendition of India’s National Anthem has done something that glossy travel magazines also fail to achieve; which is making people stop and look towards the beautiful Northeast Indian state, Nagaland.Mahindra…
If you’ve scrolled past a video of someone lining their kitchen drawer with a neat sheet of aluminium foil and wondered whether it’s actually doing anything useful, you’re not alone. This quiet little hack has been spreading steadily across social media and home-organisation circles recently. Unlike many viral kitchen tricks that fizzle out once someone…
There is something about a grandparent telling a child a story that feels almost old-fashioned now. It could be the story of how a parent behaved as a child, the family’s first home, a difficult time the grandparents lived through, a funny mistake someone made decades ago or simply, “When I was your age…”At the…
Baby Elephant eating (Canva) This is the real story of Hatikhuli-Ronghang, a village that did not defeat elephants, but became the one that learned how to live with them, peacefully and in harmony. For villagers living along the Nagaon–Karbi Anglong border, wild elephant herds could ruin their hard work in a few hours. Elephants would…
Mumbai, Aug 13 (IANS) The IAS officer Tukaram Mundhe, who serves as the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Maharashtra, has restored the faith of people in the food safety system. The Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) has now raised issues of food safety on the sets of films and series…
We all love a good win. Whether it’s finishing a tough project, achieving a personal goal, or things going as planned. Being successful feels good through the process, and it deserves a moment of recognition. But if there’s one thing that separates people and companies who keep growing from those who come to a halt,…
When we talk about safaris, the mental picture is a familiar tiger or elephant emerging from tall grass or deer crossing a forest road. But the truth is most Indians are not aware that wild encounters are not always four-legged, they can also be crawling or slithering sometimes. Across Indian rainforests, mangroves and coastal landscapes,…
Maya Angelou was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist, most popularly known for her deeply human poems and speeches on courage, identity, and resilience. Her words often help us relate personal pain and experiences to universal hope, calling us to see our own dignity and potential in the stories of others.Even though our…
