A groom in a tuxedo stands beside a ‘NO TATTOOS ALLOWED’ sign, his expression a mix of bewilderment and amusement. Finding a marriage match can come with a long list of expectations. Height, education, salary, profession, appearance – matchmaking platforms have heard most of it. But one recent demand left the CEO of a Gurgaon-based…
Extraordinary journey of Lisa Sthalekar (@lsthalekar/Instagram) The world knows Lisa Sthalekar as one of the finest all-rounders in women’s cricket. But only few are aware of her initial journey which began not in Australia but in an orphanage of Pune, India. Few cricket journeys have travelled as far as that of Lisa Sthalekar who was…
There’s a particular kind of charm to a window framed not by fabric, but by a cascade of trailing green leaves, catching the light differently throughout the day and quietly turning an ordinary window into the most interesting feature in the room. This is the idea behind a living curtain, using hanging or climbing plants…
Climbers and vines are vertically growing plants that not only add character to a flat and lifeless balcony, but can also change everything and be easily accommodated without requiring much ground space. Vertical greenery does what potted plants alone can’t; it makes the edgy railings more dynamic, adds privacy, and turns even a small shelf…
Birthdays, weddings, festivals, every celebration seems to leave behind a small pile of leftover gift boxes, the sturdy, often beautifully printed kind that feel genuinely wasteful to throw straight into the bin. Unlike flimsy delivery packaging, gift boxes tend to be better built, nicer to look at, and come in every size imaginable, from tiny…
For many Indians, Old Monk isn’t just a bottle sitting on a liquor shelf. It’s nostalgia in a glass. Winter evenings, college memories, hostel rooms, long conversations and that unmistakable bottle have all become part of the brand’s cultural identity.So when the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) told the Bombay High Court…
Zomato Now comes alongside sister company Blinkit’s 10-minute food delivery service Bistro, which operates through its own cloud kitchens. A late-night food order turned into a frustrating experience for a Gurugram customer after he claimed his dinner never reached him, and alleged that the delivery partner may have eaten it instead.Rishabh Kaushik shared his experience…
Quote of the day by Nelson Mandela: “A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.” Nelson Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid activist, political leader, and the country’s first democratically elected president, serving from 1994…
Quote of the day by Adi Shankaracharya (Photo via X) Adi Shankaracharya was an 8th-century Indian philosopher and saint who revived and formulated Advaita Vedanta, the non-dual school of Hindu thought.He taught that the true Self, or Atman, and ultimate reality are tied to one another, beyond birth, death, and change. He traveled across India…
Neelakurinji flowers- Photo via Canva Nature is endowed with a huge variety of plants, each of which is special in itself, but there’s something poetic about a flower that only blooms once every twelve years.It doesn’t rush, and when it finally blooms, the entire hillsides turn a shade of blue-violet you don’t really see anywhere…
