Photo: @LadyCecilyNevil/ X We have always wondered how Royal families pass down responsibility and tradition to their successors, and while most of us might anticipate a set of formal lessons. Often, it’s something much simpler, over a shared cup of tea, a regular chat, a small ritual repeated over the years that slowly influences how…
Smriti Mandhana says “sympathy feels worse” (Image: https://www.facebook.com/mandhanasmriti18/photos Smriti Mandhana’s recent conversation with Raj Shamani is interesting not because she reveals every painful detail, but because of what she says about how she chooses to deal with pain. In an interview centred on pressure, mistakes, emotions and failure, the Indian cricketer repeatedly returns to one…
NASA scientists produce edible vanilla-flavoured ‘microbites’ from plastic bottles (Photo: SIU Carbondale Communications) Plastic waste keeps piling up in oceans, landfills, and cities, while millions of people around the world still don’t have enough to eat. It’s easy to think of these as two separate crises needing two separate solutions. But what if the same…
Ralph Lauren’s latest runway look is getting attention for a reason that has little to do with the gown itself.The American fashion house unveiled its Spring 2027 collection during New York Fashion Week, with one deep pink evening gown drawing particular attention online. The heavily embroidered dress has now become the centre of criticism, with…
Quote of the day by Michelangelo: “It is necessary to keep one’s compass in one’s eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges”(Photo: X/@fanmichelangelo) Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance. He is also popularly regarded as one of…
Quote of the day by Sadhguru: “Spirituality is not about becoming special, it is about becoming one with everything.” Sadhguru is a yogi, mystic, and author. He often talks about associating spirituality with the essence of a positive perspective in daily life through his discourses, teachings, and social media posts. Apart from this, he was…
At a small tea stall near the Rajgir Bus Stand in Bihar’s Nalanda district, a simple sign carries a message that has quietly touched thousands of lives: children from birth to 18 months can get milk for free. What began as one tea seller’s response to a mother struggling to feed her baby has continued…
Vijay and Rashmika (@rashmika_mandanna/Instagram) For Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna, the newly married couple, home appears to be about more than a glamorous address in Hyderabad. Soon after they exchanged vows, the couple travelled to Thummanpet, Vijay Deverakonda’s native village in Telangana, where they performed the traditional grihapravesam ceremony and Satyanarayana puja at their newly…
Gurgaon man saved ₹20,000 on rent, then realised what his 3-hour daily commute was really costing him A cheaper home can look like an easy way to cut monthly expenses. But the real cost of living somewhere is not always limited to the rent. Travel, fuel and the hours spent getting to work can also…
When filmmaker Pan Nalin set out to cast the lead role for his Gujarati film Chhello Show (The Last Film Show), he wasn’t looking in acting schools or film institutes. He wanted a real village boy from Gujarat, someone whose innocence and rawness matched the character he had written, a nine-year-old named Samay, whose life…
