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Sachin Tendulkar reveals his fav home-cooked dishes (Instagram) Gods also miss their mom’s home-cooked meals. Today the Lord of Cricket Sachin Tendulkar took to Instagram and revealed his favorite Maharashtrian meal cooked by his mother. For someone who has spent decades travelling across the world and winning some of cricket’s biggest tournaments, the most memorable…

Long before the stadium tours and record-breaking albums, Taylor Swift had a very different kind of workday. According to reports, the singer grew up on a Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania, where one of her childhood jobs was to pick praying mantis egg cases off the trees so they would not hatch inside customers’ homes….

Sometimes, a difficult experience can change the way a person looks at life. For Prema, founder trustee of Chennai-based Nesam-Opearl Charitable Trust, a serious accident in 1999 became a turning point. The experience made her reflect on how she could contribute to society and support people who needed help. Her journey from personal hardship to…

Imagine a school that needs extra classrooms, a clinic waiting for more space, or a remote community that cannot afford to wait months for a building. What if some of these structures could be manufactured in factories, transported to the required location and assembled far more quickly than conventional construction?This is the problem Chennai-based startup…

At an age when most children are still learning to string sentences together, a toddler from Karnataka is already making a name for herself on the tabla. Swarshri Hegde, who is just 2 years and 10 months old, has found a place in the India Book of Records for reciting and playing 12 taals on…

It makes you pause and think: could all that sweetness actually be hiding a layer of quiet resentment? According to organizational psychology, that gut feeling is often right on the money. Envy in the workplace is incredibly common, and it very frequently hides behind over-the-top friendliness. Source link

There’s something very comforting about a muffin that smells of apples and cinnamon while it bakes, and it gets even better with a crumbly, buttery streusel on top. These muffins use almond flour instead of wheat flour, which gives them a moist, tender crumb and a gentle nutty flavour. They’re naturally wheat-free, simple enough for…

5-year-old Noida boy Avyukt Singh with his certificate (PC: Guinness World Records) For most five-year-olds, eating with a spoon without spilling their meal is a normal thing. But at 5, Avyukt Singh from Noida was living in a world of dinosaurs that was everyday normal. He was so fascinated by the creatures from picture books,…

Jade plants like it moderate, roughly 10 to 24 degrees Celsius, and they don’t tolerate frost. If your plant is outside, bring it indoors before the first cold nights. Keep it away from cold window glass, draughty doors and radiators or heaters, which can scorch the leaves or dry them out. Sudden swings in temperature…

The quote comes from The Four Loves, a book published in 1960 in which Lewis explores different forms of love, including affection, friendship, romantic love and charity. Lewis argues that love involves accepting the possibility of pain. Caring about someone means allowing their actions, choices and absence to affect the heart. That is not a…