Festivals can become a fun opportunity to introduce children to entrepreneurship. Encourage them to make greeting cards, small decorations, or other creative items. If appropriate, they can try selling them to neighbours, friends, or family members with parental guidance. The purpose is not to make money. It is to help children understand how an idea…
Sonu Nigam with his father Agam Kumar Nigam. When Sonu Nigam was trying to find his feet as a young singer, Mumbai was where he wanted to be. The city offered opportunities, contacts and the possibility of getting closer to the music industry. But his father said no.In a conversation on Game Changers podcast with…
Image credits: Canva (for representative purposes only) You have a person you text when something funny happens. You know their weekend plans. They know what has been bothering you at work. You may spend hours together, stay over, meet often, and have the kind of chemistry that makes it feel ridiculous to call this “casual.”Then…
Woman explains why India still feels more expensive to her The tax bill is only one part of the cost of living. What comes after it can matter just as much. That is the point behind a social media post by Jyoti, a business owner who spends time in both India and Sweden.Her experience has…
Independence Day is a good excuse to bring a little colour to the dining table, but you do not need artificial food colours to do it. Carrots and pumpkin can bring a warm saffron-orange hue, spinach and coriander give a natural green, while rice, coconut, paneer and idli batter provide the white. Here are 10…
“The purpose of life is to live it” (Wiki) Anna Eleanor Roosevelt needs no introduction. She was an American diplomat and activist who served as the longest-serving First Lady of the United States, from 1933 to 1945, during her husband Franklin D. Roosevelt’s four terms as president. The woman lives through her words of wisdom….
Optical illusion personality tests trick our minds and eyes into believing what we see based on the perception that we have. They also have that strange, addictive pull because everyone secretly loves a good “this is so me” moment about their own personality. The optical illusion here works the same way: depending on what your…
Why are train coaches blue, red or green? Here’s what their colours actually mean If you have travelled by train in India, you may have noticed that railway coaches do not all look alike. Some are the familiar blue, while many newer trains have red coaches. Others feature different colours and liveries.It is easy to…
Zenobia was the name of the celebrated third-century queen of Palmyra, an ancient city in present-day Syria. She ruled a powerful kingdom and challenged Roman authority during her reign. Her name has since become associated with independence, leadership and one of antiquity’s most remarkable queens. A name with historical roots can give a child a…
For many parents, “Finish everything on your plate” is a familiar mealtime instruction- one they heard growing up and may now find themselves repeating to their own children. Sometimes it comes from a genuine concern about nutrition. Sometimes it is about avoiding food waste. And sometimes, after spending time cooking dinner, parents simply want their…
