In most places, a dog’s loyalty is rewarded with a pat on the head. In Nepal, it earns a day of worship. According to reports by ANI and information from the Nepal Tourism Board, Kukur Tihar, the festival of dogs, falls on the second day of Tihar, the country’s five-day festival of lights. Pets, strays…
A toddler carrying a soft toy from the bedroom to the living room, insisting on taking it along during family outings or becoming upset when it is nowhere to be found may appear to be attached to a favourite plaything. But for some children, the object serves a purpose beyond entertainment: it offers familiarity, comfort…
Momos are one of India’s favourite street foods, but they are usually made with refined flour, which many health-conscious eaters try to avoid. A video said to have been shared by former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat has put a traditional alternative in the spotlight: momos made with mandua, also known as ragi or finger…
Photo: @pvsindhu1/ Instagram A good home is not only about luxury. It is about comfort, memories, and a little personality. Especially when it comes to sports personalities and athletes, we would imagine their homes to stand out and be based on sporty themes.Recently, filmmaker Farah Khan has stepped inside Badminton champion PV Sindhu’s home for…
Photo Courtesy: Instagram/@The Prayagraj Stories For Vimal Kishore, buying a car was supposed to make travelling easier. But when the Prayagraj resident bought a Maruti Alto in 2011, he found that owning a conventional car did not solve his problem. His disability, which affects his legs, prevented him from driving it.Instead of giving up on…
Photos courtesy: BBC Marathi For 26-year-old Bhikan Rojekar, success in one of India’s toughest competitive examinations came after years of preparation and repeated attempts. When the results of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Civil Services Examination 2025 were declared on March 6, Rojekar secured All India Rank (AIR) 812 on his fifth attempt. But…
Pablo Neruda was the pen name of Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto, a Chilean poet, diplomat, and politician, who recieved received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971.His profound work includes quotes and ideas that continue to resonate even today and still resurface, becoming more relevant than ever.One such line is about flowers and the…
5-year-old Noida boy Avyukt Singh with his certificate (PC: Guinness World Records) For most five-year-olds, eating with a spoon without spilling their meal is a normal thing. But at 5, Avyukt Singh from Noida was living in a world of dinosaurs that was everyday normal. He was so fascinated by the creatures from picture books,…
In the mountains of Uttarakhand, a journey to a nearby town can become a long trip because of winding roads, steep slopes and difficult terrain. For Ravi Tamta, an innovator from Almora, this everyday challenge became the starting point for an unusual ambition: building a vehicle that could travel above the roads instead of following…
Long before the stadium tours and record-breaking albums, Taylor Swift had a very different kind of workday. According to reports, the singer grew up on a Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania, where one of her childhood jobs was to pick praying mantis egg cases off the trees so they would not hatch inside customers’ homes….