Getting a child to eat spinach can feel like a daily negotiation, with a lot of pushed-away plates and suspicious stares at anything green. The trick usually isn’t hiding it completely; it’s making it taste familiar. Blanched and blended spinach is milder than most people expect, and when it’s tucked into foods kids already enjoy,…
As soon as a baby girl is born, people in the house instantly associate it with good luck, prosperity, positivity, and the footprints of Goddess Lakshmi imprinting the home, and suddenly choosing a name for your daughter becomes one of the first big and emotional decisions you make for her. Parents often go through a…
Saint Simeon Church reopens ((via SWNS) An outstanding piece of early Christian history has reopened to visitors in northern Syria. It will offer a fresh opportunity to explore an ancient religious complex that has survived natural calamities like earthquakes, wars and centuries of changes. The Deir Samaan Citadel, associated with Saint Simeon the Stylite and…
(Image: instagram.com/sonirazdan/) Marriage brings together two people, but it also brings together their upbringing, beliefs and ideas about life. When partners belong to different generations, these differences can shape everything from everyday arguments to expectations about equality. Actor Soni Razdan recently opened up about her relationship with filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt. Her account offers a thoughtful…
Most couples can describe the moment it happened, or at least the feeling of it. You share a home, split the chores and swap updates about the day, yet the spark and the sense of really knowing each other have quietly faded. According to research published on PubMed Central, the US National Institutes of Health’s…
It gives children opportunities to practise decision-making, compare prices and understand choices. A trip to the supermarket can easily turn into a negotiation over chocolates, biscuits and colourful packets. Parents may be focused on finishing the shopping quickly, keeping the bill within budget and getting everything on the list. Children, meanwhile, may be asking why…
Snakes are those scary, venomous slitherers that even seeing one sends chills down our spine, and we would hardly want to encounter one of these reptiles. But nature is full of surprises. While we want to keep a safe distance from serpents, some birds relish them as food. Over thousands of years, some birds have…
Before children, couples may have spent hours discussing their dreams, sharing gossip, talking about work or laughing over something silly. After children, those conversations can become increasingly rare. Their communication may still be constant, but it is mostly practical. Who will pick up the child? What needs to be bought? When is the next school…
Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh (Photo via Canva) Vincent van Gogh was born on 30 March 1853 in the Netherlands. He was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter, famous today for his choice of expressive colours and use of brushwork unique to him.Today, as soon as we see The Starry Night, we recognise that it belongs…
Love doesn’t always show up in grand gestures. Sometimes, it’s a home-cooked meal shared outside a closed bank while one person is on night duty and the other has come by just to spend a little time together.A video of a security guard having dinner with his wife outside an HDFC Bank branch has struck…
