You don’t always have to do something to feel better right now. Sometimes, all you need is to slow down. Take a shower, change clothes, lay on your bed, listen to some music or sit in silence for a while. You don’t have to turn everything into a productive or fun task. You don’t have … Read more
Eight-year-old Zoyal Ghale was at school in Nepal’s Rasuwa district when a devastating torrent of water, mud and debris tore through the area. With the flood sweeping through his surroundings, the young boy ran towards a forest with a friend and climbed trees to escape the rising waters. He survived. But for his mother, the … Read more
An excavator helps people to collect some of their belongings from their house in the aftermath of flash floods at Trishuli, in Nepal’s Nuwakot district, on Aug. 29, 2026. Arun Sankar/AFP via Getty Images Forty three Australians remain missing in the Nepal-Tibet flooding disaster as the government sends another $3 million (US$2.15 million) of aid … Read more
Long before Sundar Pichai became the CEO of Google and Alphabet, he was a boy in Chennai waiting years for something as basic as a telephone. In a candid conversation on the Lex Fridman Podcast, Pichai looked back at his early life in India and how daily struggles, from water shortages to a single rotary … Read more
There is always that one person who packs for a three-day trip as if they are preparing for a month-long expedition. Extra clothes, backup shoes, medicines for every possible ailment, snacks they may never eat and enough “just in case” items to handle several imaginary emergencies. It may look like overpacking, but psychology suggests there … Read more
When Karan Johar once asked Jaya Bachchan why she walked away from acting at the peak of her career, her answer was far from simple. She shared that Amitabh Bachchan had once told her he didn’t want a wife who worked fixed office hours. As his own career grew busier, Jaya felt someone needed to … Read more
Heartbreaking visuals from Nepal prompted netizens to draw parallels with Grave of the Fireflies. There are some images that stay with you long after you have scrolled past them. A video emerging from flood-hit Nepal shows one such moment: a little boy, carrying his younger sister in his arms, walking through the devastation as he … Read more
That embroidered or block-printed dupatta sitting unused at the back of the wardrobe, too special to wear casually anymore but far too beautiful to throw away, is actually one of the easiest fabrics to turn into genuinely elegant home décor. Unlike plain cotton or worn-out clothing, a dupatta already comes with rich colour, intricate borders, … Read more
Call it faith, call it luck, call it a miracle, but a group of 21 pilgrims from South India’s Tamil Nadu survived the deadly Nepal floods with the help of a saree. They all had travelled to the Himalayas in search of god to undertake a pilgrimage to Mount Kailash and Mansarovar. But soon they … Read more
It can be surprising to see a plant produce smaller leaves when its older foliage looks healthy. A new leaf may simply look a little narrower or shorter than the old one. But if the pattern continues, it can be a sign that the plant is not growing under the same conditions as before. Light, … Read more