Life & Style

Manali was supposed to be the place to escape the noise of the city. But for many tourists who headed there over the long weekend, the first thing they found was something they were probably trying to get away from: traffic.As the three-day Gandhi Jayanti weekend brought a rush of tourists to Himachal Pradesh, Manali…

A festive holiday is supposed to be a time to relax, but for many travellers, planning the trip can bring a different kind of stress: the price. During peak travel periods, hotel rooms and flights at popular Indian destinations can become significantly more expensive, prompting some travellers to question whether an international holiday can sometimes…

Sometimes, it takes leaving a place to realise how much of it has quietly become a part of you.That’s exactly what happened to French yoga trainer Roxane after she returned to Europe from India. She had travelled to India to deepen her yoga practice and complete her certification, but somewhere along the way, she picked…

Photo: Serena Williams/ Instagram Serena Williams has lifted 23 Grand Slam singles trophies and played on the biggest stages in Tennis for more than two decades. While most of us would imagine Williams in sports jerseys, sporting the ball and racket, she posted a humbling photograph from the most humbling side of her life.The picture…

For many Indians who move abroad, the decision is often imagined as a straightforward trade-off: better salaries, international exposure and a different lifestyle in exchange for being away from family and familiar surroundings. But for one 35-year-old Indian engineer, 12 years of living in the US have left him questioning whether the life he built…

Imagine having red, juicy, ripe tomatoes hanging right on your balcony garden just when you open the door to have a touch of breeze right in the morning, when the first ray of Sun hits your home. The air smells of ripeness, and you are ready to pluck the fresh produce in baskets, only to…

Jennifer Lopez arrived at Paris Fashion Week in the rain, but that clearly wasn’t going to stop her from making an entrance.The singer and actor was spotted at Stella McCartney’s Spring/Summer 2027 show on September 30, carrying an umbrella as she made her way to the venue. For the occasion, Lopez chose a rich chocolate-brown…

Bread usually brings to mind a familiar image: a golden loaf, neat slices, a crusty baguette or perhaps a soft bun. But across different food cultures, bread can take forms that look almost nothing like what we typically recognise as bread. Some are cooked on hot stones, some are stretched into paper-thin sheets, while others…

What happens when you try to recite the Hanuman Chalisa at double speed? One Texas-based man decided to give it a shot, and the result has left social media impressed.Nick Dearman, a Hanuman devotee and holistic health coach based in Texas, shared a video on Instagram in which he recited the devotional hymn at 2x…

A banana held to the ear, a saucepan worn as a helmet, a cardboard box turned into a rocket, children everywhere transform household objects into toys, and parents often dismiss it as silliness. Psychology research suggests otherwise. According to Simone Bijvoet-van den Berg and Elena Hoicka, writing in the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology in…