People often set aside sadness, anxiety or disappointment as they feel compelled to suppress these emotions to be socially acceptable. Whereas cheerfulness and positivity are expected, sadness or worry can feel awkward and out of place. This leads to people hiding their feelings and bottling up their emotions without dealing with them. A 2020 meta-analysis,…
In most places, a dog’s loyalty is rewarded with a pat on the head. In Nepal, it earns a day of worship. According to reports by ANI and information from the Nepal Tourism Board, Kukur Tihar, the festival of dogs, falls on the second day of Tihar, the country’s five-day festival of lights. Pets, strays…
A toddler carrying a soft toy from the bedroom to the living room, insisting on taking it along during family outings or becoming upset when it is nowhere to be found may appear to be attached to a favourite plaything. But for some children, the object serves a purpose beyond entertainment: it offers familiarity, comfort…
A home that smells fresh makes a difference the moment you walk through the door, but plenty of store-bought room fresheners only cover up odours with strong fragrance, and some people find them irritating. The good news is that you can keep a house smelling clean with ordinary ingredients you probably already have, such as…
Photo Courtesy: Instagram/@The Prayagraj Stories For Vimal Kishore, buying a car was supposed to make travelling easier. But when the Prayagraj resident bought a Maruti Alto in 2011, he found that owning a conventional car did not solve his problem. His disability, which affects his legs, prevented him from driving it.Instead of giving up on…
Most of us have a stash of empty plastic water bottles building up at home, and a balcony garden that could always use a few more pots. Instead of sending those bottles straight to the recycling bin, you can put them to work. With a little cutting, poking and tying, one humble bottle can turn…
Mulberries are soft, sweet, and juicy, and are one of those fruits that taste best when picked and relished directly from the branch; especially when you plant and raise them yourself, the taste is different.Before delving into a plethora of thoughts about how to grow them, it is important to know that you do not…
Pablo Neruda was the pen name of Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto, a Chilean poet, diplomat, and politician, who recieved received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971.His profound work includes quotes and ideas that continue to resonate even today and still resurface, becoming more relevant than ever.One such line is about flowers and the…
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,…
In the mountains of Uttarakhand, a journey to a nearby town can become a long trip because of winding roads, steep slopes and difficult terrain. For Ravi Tamta, an innovator from Almora, this everyday challenge became the starting point for an unusual ambition: building a vehicle that could travel above the roads instead of following…
