When Pradyumna Kumar Mahanandia, known as PK, fell in love with a Swedish woman in Delhi in the mid-1970s, getting to her was not simple. He was an Indian art student from Odisha. She was a young woman from a Swedish noble family. When Lotta returned to Sweden, PK had no money for a flight….
When Theodore Roosevelt went camping: The trip that helped establish a vast national park A three-day camping trip in Yosemite became one of the most famous excursions in America’s conservation history. In May 1903, Theodore Roosevelt went camping in Yosemite with naturalist John Muir. The two hiked, caught cold weather on the last night of…
AI representation/ChatGPT A 26-year-old UPSC aspirant has sold years of his civil services preparation material to a kabadiwala for Rs 464 after three consecutive Mains attempts and a failed Prelims this year. The books included the NCERTs he started with, Laxmikanth, his first test papers, mock tests and handwritten notes. For years, they had been…
If you’ve been trying to figure out when is Milad-un-Nabi going to be celebrated in 2026, you’re not alone. Figuring out exact dates for Islamic holidays can feel like a moving target because everything revolves around the moon. But if you’re trying to plan ahead for work, travel, or family get-togethers, here’s the lowdown on…
You pick up a packet of milk or paneer from the refrigerator and notice something odd: the normally flat pack looks inflated, tight or balloon-like. The expiry date is still days away, so is it actually safe to eat? The short answer: a visibly swollen or puffed packet is a warning sign and is best…
Image Courtesy: The Washington Post A family heirloom that had survived a dangerous journey out of the then-Soviet Union nearly a century ago ended up at the bottom of a New York garbage pile. For Victor, 45, letting it disappear was not an option. His wife Susanna had accidentally thrown two rings into the trash…
5 ways to protect your peace without cutting people off There comes a point when you realise that peace is not always about having fewer people around you. Sometimes, it is about changing the way you carry those relationships.You can love your family and still not absorb every opinion they have. You can care about…
Scroll through enough laundry hack content online, and you’ll eventually come across someone tossing a crumpled ball of aluminium foil straight into their washing machine, claiming it’s the secret to softer, static-free clothes without a single dryer sheet in sight. It’s an offshoot of a genuinely older, more established trick involving the dryer, but the…
There are things every Indian woman knows but rarely says. She knows the difference between the floor and the laundry basket, even when the person whose towel is on the floor does not. She knows that a dinner plate does not have legs and will not walk itself to the kitchen. She knows that the…
Why do plastic stools have a hole in the center? You may have sat on a plastic stool many times without ever wondering about the small hole in its center.It is such a familiar sight in homes, shops, classrooms, and outdoor spaces that it barely registers anymore. But once you notice it, the question is…
