When Angelou says she is “sustained” by family love, she’s talking about the kind of love that helps you get through life. We all have bad days. Plans don’t work out. Work gets stressful. People disappoint us. Sometimes, for no obvious reason, you just feel drained. And then you talk to someone who knows you…
Sometimes, you don’t realise how much someone has become a part of your life until it’s time to say goodbye.That’s exactly what happened in a video that has been making the rounds on Instagram. An American woman was seen breaking down in tears as her Indian neighbours prepared to leave the US and return to…
Onam is almost here, and you know what that means: pookalams outside homes, people dressing up in their best traditional clothes, family meals that somehow turn into hours-long gatherings, and that one relative sending “Happy Onam” in every WhatsApp group.The main day of Onam, Thiruvonam, falls on Wednesday, August 26, 2026. First Onam will be…
Photo: @twofit.to.quit/ Instagram Most of us think fitness has a deadline and tend to associate gyms and aerobics clubs with a habit that only develops in our twenties and often end up believing that if we didn’t build it then, the window has quietly closed.But rarely do we think that it is never too late…
Georgian Raj Kapoor (Instagram) There’s a white man in Tbilisi, Georgia who sings iconic Hindi songs from Bollywood. But what surprised this Indian traveller was the soulful rendition of Raj Kapoor’s globally-famous song, “Mera Joota Hai Japani”. The video is attracting attention on social media for all the right reasons and it clearly means that…
Lake Pontchartrain Causeway (Image Credit: Canva) An Indian-origin woman living in the US recently shared a video talking about one of America’s most unusual bridges, describing how frightening the experience can become for people driving across it. She spoke about the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in Louisiana, a massive bridge stretching for about 38 kilometres across…
Aabid Surti (Image Credit: Wikipedia) Aabid Surti has spent decades being known for his work as an author, painter and cartoonist, but one of his most unusual missions began with something as ordinary as a dripping tap. In 2007, a leaking faucet made him think about how much water could be wasted one drop at…
Matthew McConaughey with his son Levi McConaughey. (Instagram/@officiallymcconaughey) From the iconic “Alright, alright, alright” in Dazed and Confused to becoming one of Hollywood’s most recognisable actors, Matthew McConaughey has spent decades learning what it takes to find his place in the industry. Now, as a father, he watches his son Levi take his first steps…
Optical illusion personality tests trick the brain into believing what they see first, despite the other objects present in the image, based on the person’s perception. We all like to think we’re pretty self-aware, but whenever such interesting puzzles and clues about who we really are come up, we stop to ponder and unravel the…
A flower-inspired name can offer more than a connection to nature. Names such as Iris, Daphne, Anthea and Ianthe carry stories from ancient Greek language and mythology, while Flora has a direct connection to Roman tradition. Rose, Violet, Lilia and Rosalie draw on flowers that have been admired for generations, while Susanna brings an ancient…
