7 kinds of bread that barely look like bread

Bread usually brings to mind a familiar image: a golden loaf, neat slices, a crusty baguette or perhaps a soft bun. But across different food cultures, bread can take forms that look almost nothing like what we typically recognise as bread. Some are cooked on hot stones, some are stretched into paper-thin sheets, while others…

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Why Vrikshasana is more than a yoga pose

Balance isn’t really about strong legs alone, it depends on a constant, split-second conversation between your inner ear, your eyes, and tiny receptors in your joints and muscles called proprioceptors, all feeding information to your brain about where your body is in space. A study published on PubMed Central notes that yoga has a unique…

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Psychology says children who turn household objects into toys may have stronger imaginations than parents realise |

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…

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Henri Matisse Quotes: 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”

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…

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‘Will red suit me?’ Eva Longoria adorably checks how Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s fiery red hair would look on her – video goes viral

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Eva Longoria shared a fun behind-the-scenes moment at Paris Fashion Week, and it was all about Aishwarya’s dramatic new hair colour.Aishwarya turned heads at L’Oréal Paris Le Défilé on September 28 with long, fiery red hair. And it looks like Eva couldn’t resist checking out how the bold shade would look…

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8 ancient archaeological wonders that still exist today and reveal how people lived thousands of years ago

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….

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“IIT Bombay graduate Shashank Agrawal came from a family earning ₹3,000 a month; when he told his mother about his ₹1.2 crore package, Her pricless reaction was: ‘What, ₹12 lakh?’

From Baran to IIT Bombay, Shashank’s journey involved setbacks, persistence and hard work. For Shashank Agrawal, the news of a crore-plus career package did not immediately register as a number. He first had to explain it to his mother. “When I first told my mother, she said, ‘What, ₹12 lakh? What are you saying?’ Then…

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How did Ebenezer Scrooge get his name? The strange gravestone story that may have inspired Charles Dickens’ famous Christmas miser |

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…

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