Life & Style

Extraordinary journey of Lisa Sthalekar (@lsthalekar/Instagram) The world knows Lisa Sthalekar as one of the finest all-rounders in women’s cricket. But only few are aware of her initial journey which began not in Australia but in an orphanage of Pune, India. Few cricket journeys have travelled as far as that of Lisa Sthalekar who was…

There’s a particular kind of charm to a window framed not by fabric, but by a cascade of trailing green leaves, catching the light differently throughout the day and quietly turning an ordinary window into the most interesting feature in the room. This is the idea behind a living curtain, using hanging or climbing plants…

Climbers and vines are vertically growing plants that not only add character to a flat and lifeless balcony, but can also change everything and be easily accommodated without requiring much ground space. Vertical greenery does what potted plants alone can’t; it makes the edgy railings more dynamic, adds privacy, and turns even a small shelf…

Preity Zinta has found a rather stylish way to make a statement. The actor was recently spotted in Mumbai wearing a black T-shirt with a message that left little room for interpretation: ‘Team Tukaram Mundhe’.No long social media post. No elaborate statement. Just a simple black tee doing the talking.The outfit came as Maharashtra FDA…

The case puts smart-glasses privacy safeguards under scrutiny. A cup of coffee at a Delhi café has turned into an unusual legal dispute involving Meta, Instagram and a pair of smart glasses.A Delhi man has sent a legal notice to Meta Platforms and an Instagram creator, alleging that he was filmed without his knowledge using…

Birthdays, weddings, festivals, every celebration seems to leave behind a small pile of leftover gift boxes, the sturdy, often beautifully printed kind that feel genuinely wasteful to throw straight into the bin. Unlike flimsy delivery packaging, gift boxes tend to be better built, nicer to look at, and come in every size imaginable, from tiny…

For many Indians, Old Monk isn’t just a bottle sitting on a liquor shelf. It’s nostalgia in a glass. Winter evenings, college memories, hostel rooms, long conversations and that unmistakable bottle have all become part of the brand’s cultural identity.So when the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) told the Bombay High Court…

Every household ends up with a steady stream of empty plastic bottles, and most of them go straight into the recycling pile without a second thought. Before they do, it’s worth knowing just how useful a clean, empty bottle actually is in a garden, turning into planters, irrigation systems, and protective covers with nothing more…

Mohit Nijhawan (Photo: Greenu) Most of us spend our lives chasing a high-paying corporate job with a Rs 90 lakh annual package.For Mohit Nijhawan, a B.Tech graduate from Chandigarh, it was the very thing he chose to walk away from. After more than two decades in the pharmaceutical industry and rising to a leadership position,…

Zomato Now comes alongside sister company Blinkit’s 10-minute food delivery service Bistro, which operates through its own cloud kitchens. A late-night food order turned into a frustrating experience for a Gurugram customer after he claimed his dinner never reached him, and alleged that the delivery partner may have eaten it instead.Rishabh Kaushik shared his experience…