Life & Style

When Hyderabad faced a water shortage in 2015, Ranga Prasad wanted to do something practical about it. He decided to install a rainwater recharge pit at the premises he had leased in Gachibowli. But there was one problem: he could not find someone who could do the job.Instead of giving up, Prasad decided to learn…

Few musicians, let alone children, would attempt to play dozens of classical ragas in one sitting. Angshuman Sarkar from Nadia, West Bengal, has done it on the santoor, a hammered string instrument of Indian classical music. According to India Book of Records, he set the record for “Maximum Gats of Indian Classical Ragas Played on…

Things people unknowingly do that make their homes smell unpleasant A home can look perfectly clean and still have an unpleasant smell. Sometimes, the problem is not a dirty floor or an unclean bathroom but small everyday habits that people rarely notice. From damp towels to forgotten kitchen waste, several ordinary things can affect how…

Hoskin watched the films at his local Regal Cinema in York Haven, Pennsylvania, between April 2024 and April 2025. For most people, watching three films in a day would be a long movie marathon. For Glenwood Hoskin Jr., it became part of his daily routine for an entire year. The 60-year-old American from Pennsylvania watched…

You ask any parent of a toddler about their child’s attention span, and you probably won’t get a definite answer. One moment, the child is playing happily with a toy; the next, they have abandoned it. They may ask you to build blocks with them, only to have their attention diverted by a plane passing…

Zhang Xue sets a new Guinness World Record (PC: China Daily) And we thought flying cars and walking on water were possible only in fairy tales! Meet Chinese entrepreneur Zhang Xue, 39, who has created a bike which can run in water and made a Guinness World Record. Seventeen years after his first attempt ended…

Screengrab from Shweta’s podcast with Soha Ali Khan. (YouTube/Soha Ali Khan) Actor Shweta Tripathi once imagined herself becoming a mother. She loved children, pictured having two of her own and even had an idea of the kind of child she wanted to raise. But over the years, her views on parenthood changed. An unhealthy relationship…

We use several everyday items for years without realising that they may have become worn out, unhygienic or less effective. Some things are easy to forget because they still look perfectly usable. However, holding on to them for too long can affect cleanliness, personal hygiene and even everyday comfort. Here are five common items that…

Green is the most common coat among tree-dwelling snakes, and for good reason. Bright and olive greens blend with leaves, while browns and greys match bark and dry twigs. The green vine snake, found in parts of India and Southeast Asia, is long, thin and leaf-green, with a pointed snout that looks like a tendril….

Parenting often looks like a shared responsibility, but managing the everyday details can be a different story. From helping children finish their homework to taking them to classes, planning birthday parties and keeping track of their meals, family life involves a long list of tasks. And according to Mira Kapoor, it becomes easier when both…