Can you guess India’s salt capital? Here’s the state and the story behind its title We reach for it without thinking. A pinch goes into dal, another finds its way into a salad, and suddenly a meal tastes right.Salt is such a basic part of everyday life that its journey from a natural source to…
FILE – Feminist Gloria Steinem speaks at a rally organized by Women’s March NYC in New York on Jan. 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File) In the late 1950s, Gloria Steinem, a young American journalist travelled to India and spent two years here. She was far from the feminist movement she would later help define,…
Behind the diamond-paned windows of her Surrey home lies something far more personal than a pretty English garden. For over three decades, Dame Judi Dench has quietly turned six acres of her countryside estate into a living memorial, planting a tree for every friend and family member she has lost along the way. What began…
Jeetendra Mishra (Instagram) From air marshall to now Ayodhya’s Ram Temple trust marshal, this is the journey of Jeetendra Mishra. When he started his career in the cockpit of fighter aircraft, he didn’t think of serving as the first Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust. The Air Marshal (Retd)…
Michelle Obama with her family. (Instagram/@Barack Obama) Michelle Obama has never presented parenting as a popularity contest. In a podcast conversation, she offered a striking reminder that many parents may find uncomfortable: children do not always have to like their parents. For her, the job was never to become her daughters’ best friend. It was…
For many children, school is not just about learning anymore. It can also become a place where marks, ranks, and competition decide how successful they are made to feel. From comparing grades to expecting the highest scores, the pressure to “come first” can begin at a very young age. Actor Suriya once spoke openly about…
Mary Anning grew up collecting fossils along England’s Jurassic Coast. Her discoveries of ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs and a pterosaur helped reveal an ancient world buried beneath the cliffs. Her life also shows how class and gender shaped who received credit in early science. (Image: Wikipedia) Mary Anning did not have a university degree, a laboratory or…
Woman screaming inside the theater (X) A weird moment unfolded recently inside a cinema hall while watching the newly released movie Hanuman Ansh. A woman watching the movie appeared to become overwhelmed as the Hanuman Chalisa began playing on screen. A video of the incident is going viral on social media. It shows the woman…
A vada pav wrapped in old newspaper, brightly coloured Manchurian and a vendor serving food without gloves — these have long been familiar sights on Mumbai’s streets.But a viral video suggests some of that is changing.A content creator recently shared a look at how street food vendors and eateries in Mumbai are cleaning up their…
Kanak Agarwal (PC: Instagram) Travel stories generally have a similar ending. There is a last day, last sunset, one last meal, a hurried airport transfer. Some photographs from the aircraft window of the clouds and then, back to home and the same old routine. But sometimes, did you ever think that sometimes, the most complicated…
