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8 am In the good old days, when I went to melas rather than acting in one, buddhi ke baal used to be a fluorescent pink. Now, it is the colour of my roots between touch-ups, finally living up to its name. According to news reports, the disappearance of pink dye is due to Maharashtra’s…

A pioneer of Kerala’s globally recognised community-owned palliative care model, Dr K Suresh Kumar recently received the WHO South-East Asia Regional Award 2026 for Public Health Champions. The model has helped expand palliative care coverage to nearly 60% of Kerala’s population compared with less than 2% nationally. He speaks with TOI on the Kerala model…

This week’s edition comes with a number that is almost impossible to process. Nearly one million Indians are caught in America’s employment-based green card backlog, with a new analysis putting the potential wait for some at 179 years. Nine Indian-origin names have made TIME’s list of the people shaping artificial intelligence. And one Indian immigrant…

This week, we are tracking: When the mountain fell: Did China cause Nepal’s deadly flash flood? Trump or Xi Jinping: Who will decide the winner of US-Iran war? Gen Z just became India’s biggest political party Two hours, then log off: Can Meta really tame the endless scroll? When the mountain fell: What really unleashed…

Nepal has once again suffered a massive disaster. In recent years, continuous earthquakes have already inflicted heavy losses of life and property. Now, this new tragedy—unfolding as a devastating flash flood—has left the entire nation deeply distressed.   Among the speculations surrounding the event, one points to a massive ice block measuring roughly 2,000 square feet…

Hello and welcome to the 104th edition of the Vine. First off, if you have been living under a rock or consumed by a black hole from which no information can escape, TOI has launched two excellent new LinkedIn newsletters that demand your immediate attention. The first is From the Editor’s Desk by Indrajeet Rai (Editor, TOI Online), which…

There is something faintly absurd about launching a food newsletter in 2026, a year in which the average urban Indian already receives enough restaurant recommendations to sustain three parallel lives, most of them arriving via a stranger holding a phone six inches above a plate that has not yet been served, speaking about a meal…

Throughout history, great spiritual traditions have emerged from ancient wisdom and the guidance of enlightened masters. Some trace their lineage back thousands of years, while others were established in modern times by spiritually evolved teachers and their disciples.   The Yogoda Satsanga Society of India, founded by Paramahansa Yogananda in 1917, carries a spiritual lineage associated…

Macaulay is primarily at the root of the rotting of our age-old, value-based traditional oriental educational system by the British colonial education framework since 1835. Added to this is the gradual degradation of our social values and sense of responsibility, wherein most of us, including those in authority, failed in civic duties towards preserving our…

I have two daughters; both of them love nature and wildlife. The younger one is, however, more passionate. She is constantly researching and reading about different animals. We often sit together and watch documentaries. Our holidays are always packed with safaris and birdwatching. They both don’t mind waking up early in the morning if it…