Confidence is something many parents want for their children. They want their child to raise their hand in class, speak to new people without shrinking back, try something difficult without immediately saying “I can’t,” and, perhaps most importantly, trust themselves.But confidence is rarely built through repeated reminders to “be confident.” It develops much more quietly-…

When you think of apple orchards, Maharashtra is probably not the first place that comes to mind. Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand have long dominated India’s apple-growing landscape. Yet in Wakadi village near Shirdi, Maharashtra, engineer-turned-farmer Vikrant Kale has been growing apples despite summer temperatures touching 44°C. According to The Better India, Kale…

Quote of the day by Ram Dass (Photo: Ram Dass/ @BabaRamDass/ X) Most of us move through life as the “actor”: caught up in the drama, giving instant reactions to what is going on around us, not being who we truly are, and wanting the results to always go our way. In that mode, every…

Quote of the Day by Charles Dickens Charles Dickens was one of the few writers who could so powerfully capture the joys, struggles and contradictions of human life. Many have ranked Dickens as one of the greatest novelists in the English language . He revolutionised literature by putting ordinary people in the spotlight . Nearly…