A toddler picks up a favourite toy, walks towards a parent and proudly holds it out. Just as the parent reaches for it, the child pulls it away, hugs it close or starts playing with it again. A few moments later, the same thing happens. The child offers the toy, waits for a reaction and…
Not every success story begins with being the topper of the class, infact sometimes it begins with a scores which often land us to doubting ourselves.Tejesh Vaish, a 26-year-old engineer from Lucknow, scored just 48 percent in Class 5. Years later, he secured admission to IIT Kanpur and now leads AI engineering at a Dubai-based…
There’s something wonderfully cheerful about a stack of warm pancakes on a slow morning, and the good news is they don’t need a long shopping list. With just four everyday ingredients, you can have soft, fluffy pancakes on the table in about 20 minutes, no mixer or fancy equipment required. They’re a great weekend treat,…
Photo courtesy: The New Indian Express Retirement often marks the beginning of a slower phase of life, with people looking forward to spending more time at home and stepping away from professional responsibilities. But for S Sampath Kumar, 74, retirement has meant something quite different. More than 16 years after hanging up his boots as…
Marriage involves learning how to live with another person’s habits, opinions and expectations. There will be disagreements, moments of frustration and occasions when one partner needs more attention than the other. But what happens when almost every disagreement turns into a question of your behaviour, your mistakes or your supposed shortcomings? In some relationships, one…
Maximalism in Indian fashion can quickly tilt into chaos if you don’t know what you’re doing, but Kangana Ranaut’s recent appearance in Ahmedabad was a lesson in how to do heavy detail right. Custom-crafted by Frontier Raas, her saree was a striking mashup of traditional craft – bringing together rich Rai Bandhej Bandhani on smooth…
Inspired by Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain, this gender-neutral name is a natural choice for parents drawn to grand landscapes and ambitious beginnings. The mountain was named after British surveyor Sir George Everest, rather than deriving from a word meaning mountain. As a given name, however, it carries associations of endurance, determination and reaching…
Quote of the day by Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci was a Renaissance painter and sculptor, best known for creating the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.But beyond art, he also filled thousands of notebook pages with studies of anatomy, water, flight, and machines, and his curiosity never faded.Over the years of his work,…
In 1992, two people began collecting waste across the township with a cycle rickshaw. More than three decades later, the small initiative ‘Auroville’ has grown into an 11-member team, mostly women, that collects and sorts hundreds of kilograms of waste every day. The team says its work keeps nearly 80% of the collected material away…
Food creator shares his mother’s unusual 1970s food experiment that became a family favourite Food combinations that bring two different food cultures together often get people talking online. And sometimes, the most unusual pairings have been part of someone’s kitchen for years. A recent Instagram video has introduced food lovers to one such combination: Punjabi…
