Mumbai CEO celebrates his birthday with a 90-hour fast, says he felt ‘stronger, powerful’ after pushing his limits and questioning what he thought his body could endure

A Mumbai-based CEO chose an unusual way to mark his birthday this year. Instead of a celebration centred around food, Abhishek Agarwal said he spent almost four days without eating, taking on what he described as a personal test of hunger, discipline and willpower. Agarwal shared his experience in a LinkedIn post, saying he completed…

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Meet Kavita Kumari: the 27-year-old Jharkhand widow ran 1,600 metres barefoot in a saree to chase her Home Guard dream and secure her children’s future

Kavita Kumari, 27-year-old from Jharkhand has become a national inspiration. Before the sun is fully up, when most homes in Soso village in Jharkhand’s Ramgarh district are still quiet, Kavita starts her day with a run. Without any professional track or training or expensive running shoes, she ran 1,600 metres for a job and to…

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Kiara Advani: ‘I am a different person’: Kiara Advani once opened up about how motherhood changed her identity, parenting priorities and relationship with herself

Kiara Advani and Sidharth Malhotra have announced that they are expecting their second child. The couple shared the news on Instagram on October 7, with their daughter Saraayah pictured alongside them. They captioned the post, “Blessed once again with the greatest gift of all. Our hearts are so full of love and gratitude.” The announcement…

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Psychology says children who copy a parent’s words, expressions and gestures may be learning more than language |

Representative Image of a toddler imitating a parent from behind, highlighting learning through imitation ( AI Generrated Image) When a toddler suddenly starts echoing a parent’s words, facial expressions or gestures, it can look like simple mimicry. Developmental psychology research, however, shows that imitation is closely connected to children’s ability to learn from other people,…

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Amazon layoffs hit India again: E-commerce giant cuts around 1,000 jobs globally, employees reportedly affected in India

Amazon Prime refund eligibility expanded to more customers; company to start giving up to $200 from October 1; new changes remove need to file claims Amazon layoffs hit India again: E-commerce giant cuts fewer than 1,000 jobs globally, employees reportedly affected in IndiaAmazon has announced another round of job cuts, and employees in India are…

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Kolkata parents kept their 12-year-old twins away from school to escape the ‘rat race’: How unschooling became their way of learning

Image credit: instagram.com/calcuttaunschoolers/ For most parents, school is one of the first big decisions of childhood. For Iftekhar and Shaheera, it was a decision they chose to step away from. Their 12-year-old twins, Isa and Sheherazad, have never attended a conventional school. Instead, their parents have built learning around travel, conversations, books, tutors, family and…

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“You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope”; Jane Austen’s timeless words from Persuasion on love, longing and the feelings we struggle to put into words

Jane Austen was born in 1775 and died in 1817. Her novels explored love, marriage, family, money, social expectations and the choices available to women in her time. Her writing remains powerful because romance in her novels rarely exists in isolation. Love is shaped by pride, class, reputation, family pressure and personal judgement. Persuasion, her…

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