With several months still left in the year, many of us are already thinking about what we want to change, improve, or leave behind. The goals we set at the beginning of the year may have shifted, some plans may not have worked out, and some experiences may have left us carrying more than we…
Indian cooking developed tadka long before laboratories could explain why it worked. Today, research supports many of those age-old culinary instincts. A comprehensive review published in Frontiers in Nutrition (2022) notes that curcumin, turmeric’s primary bioactive compound, is fat-soluble and has better bioavailability when consumed with dietary fats. This aligns with the traditional practice of…
Golden Apple Snail (Photo: Canva) We often come across stories that are well planned but do not yield results as expected.Even in the case of fruits and farms, when nature refuses to adhere, that’s exactly what happened in Taiwan in the early 1980s, when farmers and entrepreneurs imported a striking, golden-shelled snail from South America…
The moment a pressure cooker is placed over a flame, the water inside begins to heat up. As the temperature reaches its boiling point, liquid water transforms into steam. In an ordinary saucepan, that steam simply drifts into the air. A pressure cooker, however, locks it inside.With nowhere to escape, steam begins filling every corner…
5 traits that make someone a better and reliable friend Some people just seem to be good at friendship: the ones everyone wants around, the ones whose relationships seem to last decades without much visible effort. It’s tempting to write this off as personality or luck, but being a good friend isn’t really a fixed…
Reality of La Tomatina/Instagram For many Indian travellers, attending Spain’s famous La Tomatina festival is a bucket-list experience. All thanks to the unforgettable and dreamy tomato fight sequence in the blockbuster cinema Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (ZNMD). Travellers often end up spending lakhs just to recreate that perfect ZNMD moment. But the reality is beyond…
6 Unique Friendship Day gift ideas that go beyond chocolates Friendship Day falls on the first Sunday of August. This year we are celebrating it on August 2, and if your gifting instinct just defaulted to a box of chocolates or a generic printed mug, you’re in good company. Those are the easiest gifts to…
Known widely as aparajita or butterfly pea, this climbing vine produces striking, vivid blue-purple flowers shaped almost like a butterfly in flight, and it holds a genuine place in Indian tradition beyond just its looks. Its flowers are commonly used to brew a naturally blue-purple tea and appear in Ayurvedic practice, adding a practical dimension…
Atacama Desert (Photo via Canva) Chile’s Atacama Desert is the driest non-polar desert on Earth, and it is not what we imagine a desert to be!While most deserts across the world are lined with large stretches of sand and golden dunes, this desert resembles the landscapes of Mars!This might sound like a movie green screen…
“Giving up is not my blood, Sir”/Instagram “I was told that my plan was impossible. So I decided to name it Project Possible”.It will be considered a black day in the world of mountaineering. The world has lost one of its greatest modern legends, Nirmal “Nimsdai” Purja. The Nepal-born climber didn’t have ‘impossible’ word in…
Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh (Photo via Canva) Art is a skill where the final piece in a work comes from rightly arranging all the little elements together to do justice to its beauty.Vincent van Gogh weighed in on this thought, and his words remind us that progress is often quiet, gradual, and easy…
Evander is a heroic figure from Roman legend who welcomed the Trojan hero Aeneas to Italy before the founding of Rome. Known for his wisdom, hospitality and leadership, the name represents courage, generosity and the ability to guide others through change. Roman mythology continues to inspire parents seeking names with timeless stories and meaningful symbolism….
