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Photo: @himalayanhindu/ X Indian tourist attractions often end up being treated like private party spots. From hill stations to beaches and popular weekend getaways, videos regularly surface showing visitors bringing speakers and soundboxes, turning otherwise peaceful places into impromptu dance floors.A new video from Uttarakhand has now reignited the conversation around civic sense at public…

President Donald Trump has picked Dr. Heidi Overton to lead the US Food and Drug Administration, putting a relatively low-profile White House health adviser in line for one of the most powerful jobs in American public health. If confirmed by the Senate, Overton would take charge of an agency dealing with everything from drug approvals…

There’s a particular kind of guilt that comes with a balcony full of plants that all seem to be quietly giving up, the wilted leaves, the ones that never quite bounced back after the nursery. According to Swami Prem Parivartan, better known across India as Peepal Baba, the problem often isn’t a lack of a…

Quote of the day by Leonardo da Vinci We are often expected to pay attention and focus on one thing at a time. Be it studying a particular subject, mastering a skill, or solving a problem. But what if the key to deeper understanding isn’t specialising alone, but seeing how everything gets aligned together?This idea…

Elon Musk with his mother Maye Musk. For some children, a bookstore is just another place in a shopping mall. For the world’s richest person Elon Musk, it was where his mother knew she would find him. Maye Musk has recalled that when her children were young, Elon would sometimes disappear while they were at…

Quote of the day by Gaur Gopal Das (Photo: @gaurgopald/ X) We are all surrounded by choices every day. While deciding between some choices is easy and comfortable, others feel hard and uncomfortable. Often, the easy choice gives us instant relief but might leave us with regret later. The hard choice asks more from us…

ESPN co-founder Bill Rasmussen tosses a ball before a baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees in Boston, Sept. 8, 2019. The man who helped turn sports into a 24-hour television phenomenon is no more. Bill Rasmussen, the co-founder of ESPN and the visionary behind the idea of an all-sports…

India has no shortage of street food, but every now and then, a dish comes along that makes you wonder how you didn’t discover it earlier. For industrialist Harsh Goenka, that dish appears to be Gujarat’s much-loved dabeli.Goenka recently took to social media to share his love for the snack, calling it Gujarat’s answer to…

Saffron, often called kesar, is one of the world’s most expensive spices, which also makes it vulnerable to adulteration. The spice comes from the dried stigmas of Crocus sativus flowers, with only a small number of strands obtained from each flower. Because genuine saffron is costly, cheaper materials such as dyed maize filaments, coloured gelatin…

Kristen Fischer (Instagram) A famous American content creator Kristen Fischer, who has been living in New Delhi, has struck an interesting conversation about the very different food worlds she experiences between India and the U.S. She shared a post on her Instagram profile, comparing the two very different food cultures side by side. In her…