Since the word “Hariyali” refers to greenery, why not take that idea literally? Choose a design made up mostly of leaves, vines, small flowers and delicate branches. Instead of covering the entire hand, let the motifs travel across the palm and fingers in a more scattered pattern. It has a fresh, slightly modern feel and…
Love and hate often go hand in hand when it comes to food. While some dishes are celebrated as cultural treasures in one part of the world, they can leave others wrinkling their noses in disbelief. In fact, global food platform TasteAtlas, which compiles millions of user ratings for traditional dishes, has repeatedly shown that…
It sounds almost like an urban myth until it happens to someone you know: a car that “feels off” while driving turns out to have a python coiled around the engine, or a scooter parked outside a shop turns out to have a snake tucked into its bodywork. Cases like these get reported across India…
Scattered across Africa and Asia, serpent eagles are, quite literally, built for this exact job. Species like the brown snake eagle in Africa feed almost exclusively on snakes, showing no particular preference between harmless species and genuinely dangerous ones like cobras, puff adders, and black mambas. Their legs and talons carry noticeably thickened, scaled skin…
For some people, the dream isn’t a bigger apartment, a faster car or a life in the middle of a busy city. It’s a small house surrounded by trees, a quiet morning, a cup of tea in the balcony, familiar faces passing by and enough space to hear birds instead of traffic. They imagine growing…
For a new mother, seeing breast milk that looks yellow one day, almost bluish the next or faintly pink in the bottle can be startling. Is the milk still safe?The reassuring answer is that breast milk does not have one fixed colour. Its appearance can change with the stage of lactation, the amount of fat…
Indian Ambassador Rudra Gaurav Shresth’s Farsi farewell from Tehran goes viral A farewell video from India’s outgoing Ambassador to Iran, Rudra Gaurav Shresth, has caught attention on social media after he chose Farsi for his final message from Tehran. After more than three years in the country, Shresth thanked the people and colleagues who were…
A few days ago, the Assam government proposed to reduce Kaziranga National Park’s Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ) from 10 km to just 1 km in the name of urban development. Now this proposal has raised an important and sensitive question for travellers and wildlife lovers: how can one of India’s most important wildlife parks and tiger…
Rani Laxmi bai (Photo via X/ @Hardeep Singh Puri) India’s struggle for independence stands as one of the most powerful chapters in human history, a shining example of courage, sacrifice, and unwavering determination and resilience.While the long struggle for freedom is often remembered through its prominent male leaders, women also played an extraordinary role in…
At just 11 years old, A.S. Sharvaanica from Tamil Nadu has done something rare in chess: she moved up an age group and won a world title without losing a single game. In April 2026, she became the World Under-12 Girls Rapid Champion at the FIDE World Cadet & Youth Championships in Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia….