Queen Camilla recalls sneaking Lady Chatterley’s Lover as a teen, a novel about love across class lines that was tried for obscenity in 1960. Her memory leads into a wider message: books can educate, comfort and rescue. A torch under the blankets, a forbidden book, a teenager hoping nobody hears the page turn. According to…
A comforter does a lot of quiet work, soaking up sweat, body oils and the odd spilled cup of tea night after night, so it’s no surprise that it starts looking dull and smelling stale long before it feels dirty. Many people put off washing it because it seems like a big job, or they…
Anyone who has kept the nine-day vrat knows the pattern. Day one feels special, day four feels repetitive, and by day seven the thought of another plate of sabudana khichdi is enough to test your devotion. The restrictions are real, with no regular grains, onion or garlic, but they do not have to mean the…
The Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testifying to a Senate committee. Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Reckoning arrived in US cinemas on 9 October, putting the Facebook whistleblower back in the spotlight five years after she first came forward. The film follows how Frances Haugen worked with a Wall Street Journal reporter to expose the company’s most…
Love needs time, but adult life can quickly fill every available minute. Work gets busy. Friends need attention. Family responsibilities grow. Phones take over the few quiet moments left. Couples can genuinely love each other and still stop prioritising the relationship. And sometimes, the distance begins there. Drifting apart does not always mean the love…
“You did such a good job!” a parent tells their child after seeing a drawing. The child smiles briefly, then starts talking about a cartoon they watched or asks what is for dinner. Another child receives a compliment about a school performance but immediately begins discussing something that went wrong that day. Parents may find…
Tanning acts as a defense mechanism of the skin against ultraviolet rays. When the UV rays touch the skin, the melanocytes increase the production of melanin, which absorbs the rays, protecting the inner layers of skin from damage. This is a temporary, homogeneous darkening process that usually follows the areas exposed to sunlight and gradually…
Sudha Murty has challenged the assumption that women wearing sarees are less modern, articulate or capable. Her remarks in a conversation with Aisshwarya DKS Hegde have resonated online, opening up a wider discussion about clothing, workplace bias and women in leadership. A woman can walk into a boardroom wearing a saree and know exactly what…
Elon Musk’s Starlink plans in India have sparked a debate over the country’s telecom market. And now, Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu has weighed in, pushing back against Musk’s criticism of India’s business environment.The exchange comes as Starlink looks to enter a market where mobile data is already among the cheapest in the world. Musk has…
Squadron Leader Bhawana Kanth became the first woman officer in the Indian Air Force to qualify as a Fighter Combat Leader. As a little girl, Bhawana Kanth did not know much about aircraft. She remembers seeing a jet in the sky and running after it, trying to follow it for as long as she could….
