Psychiatrist Daniel G. Amen says a parent’s job does not end when their child turns 18. For many parents, sending a child to college is a moment of pride. It is also the first time they may have little idea what their son or daughter is doing after dinner, who they are spending time with…
There’s a particular kind of joy that comes from stepping onto your balcony in the evening and catching that first hit of jasmine fragrance drifting through the air, the kind of smell that instantly makes a home feel a little calmer. But plenty of people who grow jasmine end up with a plant that’s more…
Children may show different sides of themselves with each parent. A child who happily follows one parent’s instructions may argue with the other over the smallest things. They may be chatty and playful with one parent but quiet and reserved with the other. They may run to one parent after a bad day and seek…
A Hindi warning sign at a hostel in Bangkok left one Indian traveller wondering why a notice meant for tourists from around the world had been written specifically for Indians.Digital creator Sparsh Sunil recently shared a video from Thailand in which he pointed out a notice at his hostel asking guests to drink water using…
Princess Diana’s 1995 BBC Panorama interview remains one of the most controversial television interviews involving the British royal family. Years later, Prince Harry said the circumstances surrounding the interview had ultimately contributed to his mother losing her life. Diana sat down with journalist Martin Bashir for the BBC programme in 1995, three years after she…
There are days when you come home tired and still cannot seem to relax. The lights are on, the fan is running, everything looks perfectly normal, yet something about the house feels unsettled. Sometimes, it is not the house that needs changing. It is the way we have allowed our stress, clutter and unfinished thoughts…
Tomar is currently serving in the Ministry of Railways. When Dev Prabhakar Singh Tomar thinks about his childhood and his family’s past, he goes back to a village in the Chambal region of Madhya Pradesh’s Morena district, where his grandfather had become a ‘baaghi’ (rebel). Decades later, Tomar chose a very different path. After studying…
Leopard in wildlife (Canva) In a tragic incident, a 35-year old woman was killed in a leopard attack in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich district. The incident has raised alarm and once again drawn attention to the delicate boundary between wildlife habitats and human settlements around Katarniaghat. According to a PTI report, the woman, identified as Mamta,…
Harsh Goenka reacts to littered Vande Bharat coach: ‘How to teach our people civic sense?’ A post about a Vande Bharat train has sparked a discussion online about a familiar issue: civic sense in public spaces. Industrialist Harsh Goenka shared a video from a train journey, and the footage has led social media users to…
“I don’t know what career is going to be the most successful but…”: NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang’s advice to parents raising kids in the AI eraAs artificial intelligence becomes part of everyday life, parents face a new question: what should children learn today when it is difficult to know which careers will matter most in…
