Long before advanced hospitals, air ambulances and modern medical equipment reached the remote islands of Lakshadweep, there were nurses who kept the region’s fragile healthcare system running with little more than skill, determination and courage. One such nurse is Hindumbi Kaurom Kakkada, whose decades-long career was shaped by emergency deliveries under candlelight, surgeries during power…

We tend to look at long-term marriages as the ultimate relationship holy grail. When a couple hits the 20, 30, or even 40-year mark, we collectively assume they’ve cracked the code and built something completely bulletproof. But time itself is not a magic barrier to human evolution. People evolve, priorities change and sometimes, after spending…

According to research on ‘autobiographical memory’ and ‘narrative identity’, meaningful personal objects help people preserve a sense of self across different stages of life. Psychologist ‘Dr. Dan P. McAdams’, whose work focuses on narrative identity, explains that people naturally build their identity by connecting important life experiences into an ongoing life story. Similarly, developmental psychologists…