Sawan 2026 Monday: WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook messages, wishes to share with family and friends on second Monday of the holy month of Shravan If your phone’s already buzzing with Har Har Mahadev forwards, that’s because today, August 10, marks the second Sawan Somwar of 2026, and for a lot of people, it’s turning out…
You type one word, hit send, and go back to your day. Your boss, meanwhile, is staring at “OK” wondering if they’ve done something wrong. This is the strange physics of workplace texting: the shorter the message, the more room it leaves for someone to think more, so much so that a two-letter message can…
Guava might be the single most forgiving fruit tree on this list, and it rewards that low effort generously. It’s drought-tolerant, genuinely pest-resistant, and thrives even in fairly poor soil, qualities that make it one of the more resilient options for a first-time fruit gardener. A container at least a foot in diameter, filled with…
Claude Monet (Photo via Canva) Claude Monet was a famous French painter and the main founder of the Impressionist art movement. He loved to paint outdoors to capture in his brush natural light, changing weather, and daily scenes with loose, visible brushstrokes..Centered around this theme, Claude Monet once said that some forms of beauty do…
No plant actually survives with zero light forever. Photosynthesis is non-negotiable for anything green, and even the toughest houseplant needs at least some ambient light to keep functioning. What “survives without sunlight” really means in practice is a handful of remarkably tolerant plants that thrive in very low, indirect light, the kind found in a…
Quote of the day by Sadhguru (Photo: @SadhguruJV/ X) Sadhguru, also known as Jaggi Vasudev, is a mystic and yogi who often talks about life-changing topics that compel us to delve a little deeper in the chores of our daily lives.Recently, he spoke about how we often conflate love with lust.We often tend to use…
For some children, the journey home is not the beginning of a conversation. It is the beginning of decompression. Imagine spending an entire day in a classroom, moving between lessons, teachers and friends, following rules and constantly processing information. Then, the moment you walk out of school, someone asks you to give them a detailed…
An old picture of Sachin Tendulkar and his father. (Instagram/@sachintendulkar) Children often remember the smallest things about their parents. For Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, one such memory goes back to the time when he had started playing for India and bought his first car. Speaking at an event organised by Andhra University in Visakhapatnam…
Rainy days in Delhi usually mean wet roads, crowded corridors and a sea of black umbrellas. Kangana Ranaut, however, arrived at Parliament looking like she’d made the monsoon part of the outfit.She wore a pale blue Eri silk saree and carried a bright printed umbrella, but it was her accessories that really caught attention. Along…
Mount Everest is probably one of the most mysterious natural wonders on Earth. It hides mysteries that scientists are still researching and trying to uncover. The world’s tallest mountain might be covered in snow today (rising 8,848.86 metres above sea level), but many studies back the fact that it was once part of the sea….
