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…
Quote of the day by Henri Matisse: “You must forget all your theories, all your ideas before the subject…your own will be expressed in your expression of the emotion awakened in you by the subject” Henri Matisse was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, born in northern France. He first studied law and turned to…
High in the Andes, Machu Picchu is one of the most famous surviving sites of the Inca civilisation. Built in the 15th century, the site contains around 200 structures, including religious, ceremonial, residential and agricultural areas, connected by terraces, paths and sophisticated stonework. UNESCO describes it as an important tangible legacy of the Inca civilisation….
Johnny Depp stuns in new makeover for ‘A Christmas Carol’ retelling, ‘Ebenezer’. The first trailer for the film has officially been released online. (YouTube) When Charles Dickens published A Christmas Carol in 1843, Ebenezer Scrooge quickly became one of literature’s most recognisable characters. He was the cold-hearted businessman who hated Christmas, refused to help the…
Moving from Paris to Mumbai is quite a change. And for 23-year-old Nico, the first few weeks in the city have come with plenty of surprises.Nico recently moved from France to Mumbai for a new job and has been documenting what it’s like to start over in a city that’s very different from home.“3 things…
Move over, youngsters. This 77-year-old Indian grandpa is busy using ChatGPT to plan his next business idea, and the internet can’t get enough of his adorable politeness.VBR Prasad was travelling on an IndiGo flight when a younger passenger sitting nearby noticed what he was doing before takeoff. Prasad was busy chatting with ChatGPT about a…
Mahatma Gandhi spent his early legal career in South Africa. He fought against racial discrimination and developed his philosophy of Satyagraha and community-based ethical living during his years there. Gandhi travelled extensively across South Africa, which has several sites associated with his early activism and legacy. Tolstoy Farm, near Johannesburg, was established in 1910 with…
A few flowers announce themselves quite like parijat. Also known as harsingar or night-flowering jasmine, it opens its star-shaped white blooms with bright orange centres after dusk and fills the air with a sweet fragrance, then drops them by morning. In the ground, it grows into a large shrub or small tree, which is why…
How quickly can a patient see a specialist, get tests done and start treatment? According to one Indian doctor practising in Europe, the answer can look very different in India compared with his experience there.Dr Palak Bhatt, who describes himself as an oncologist on Instagram, recently shared a video about a conversation he had with…
On September 11, 2026, a 31-year-old Japanese monk named Sogaku Taguchi entered one of the most extreme forms of religious discipline still practised today. Taguchi, the chief monk of Nanzambo Temple, part of the historic Enryaku-ji complex on Mount Hiei in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, northeast of Kyoto, has begun a 12-year period of complete isolation…
