Some cravings strike at odd hours, usually when the biscuit tin is empty and the shops feel too far. If a ripe papaya is sitting on your kitchen counter, you are closer to a batch of warm, soft cookies than you think. Papaya brings natural sweetness, a gentle fruity flavour and plenty of moisture, while…
Interestingly, their idea of spending quality time together doesn’t involve elaborate dates or packed schedules. Talking about their Sundays, the couple revealed that they prefer to take things as they come. No alarms, no rushing around and no pressure to make the day productive. “We sit and do nothing,” Zaheer said. They wake up whenever…
In 2018, Phool Kumari started poultry farming with just 100 chicks. For the tribal farmer from Borang village in Jharkhand’s Gumla district, it was a way to supplement her family’s modest income from rain-dependent farming. The family earned around ₹50,000-60,000 a year from agriculture, making it difficult to manage household expenses and pay for their…
Woman quits promising finance career to travel across Europe for 6 months, regrets decision within 2 weeks Leaving a job to travel abroad is a major life decision, particularly when it means stepping away from a career built over several years. But a change of scenery does not always bring the experience a person expects….
What if admitting “I don’t know” is not a sign of weakness but the beginning of meaningful learning? In a world where artificial intelligence can produce answers in seconds and professional knowledge can quickly become outdated, Santhosh Jayaram’s ‘Operating from the Zone of Incompetence: Why Not-Knowing Is the New Intelligence’ arrives with a timely question:…
Image courtesy: X/@thecurious_12 An LLB student has found a way to earn money alongside his studies by working as a part-time delivery partner for Blinkit. Kaval Desai shared details of his first day on the job, revealing that he completed 19 deliveries in around six and a half hours and earned a total of ₹608,…
A walk through a forest, a dry scrubland or even a garden hedge can feel perfectly ordinary until something moves. Some snakes have spent millions of years perfecting the art of vanishing into their surroundings, with patterns that mimic fallen leaves, dry grass, sand and green vines. Their disguise is not meant to scare anyone….
AI representation/ChatGPT In 2023, Rajeshwari, a 38-year-old woman from Wandoor village in South Andaman, had just five indigenous birds in her backyard. She had no experience in scientific poultry management and kept the birds mainly for household consumption. Today, she runs an organised poultry enterprise that produces around 2,000 chicks every month and generates an…
Someone stops replying to your messages. Days pass, but there is no explanation. You may assume they do not care about you or that ending the conversation meant nothing to them. But the person who stopped responding may feel worse about it than you think. A study published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin found…
A salon visit is supposed to feel like a little break from everyday life. You settle into a chair, flip through hairstyle pictures, chat with your stylist and let someone else take care of you for a while. But while you are busy deciding between a trim and a complete makeover, there are a few…
