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This might sound like an extraordinary travel experience in London. But a familiar Indian riverside ritual is all set to be performed this September on the banks of the River Thames. As per reports, on September 13, 2026, the historic Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich will host Ganga Aarti on the Thames. Yes, you…
Representative Image via Canva When the sun beats down on your windows for hours at a stretch, even a well-ventilated home can start to feel like an oven by mid-afternoon.Even though air conditioning helps, it also results in long electricity bills quickly, and not everyone has it running in every room.That’s why so many people…
DIY home hack: How aluminium foil can help you check moisture on damp walls That damp patch creeping across a bedroom wall raises an annoying question most people can’t answer just by looking at it: is this simply humidity condensing on a cold surface, or is water actually working its way through the wall from…
Neem Karoli Baba (Photo: @Dharmsena_1) Some words linger a little longer and touch those parts of our hearts and minds where ordinary advice cannot reach.Such are the words of Neem Karoli Baba, popularly known as Maharaj ji, a 20th-century Guru and qa devoted follower of Lord Hanuman, who has guided numerous Westerners and big names…
Most of us think of a century-old tree as a timeless piece of history.But in Portugal, that barely counts, because scattered across the country’s sun-baked south are hundreds of olive trees believed to be over 2,000 years old, with researchers now suggesting that one of them may have taken root nearly 3,700 years ago.Long before…
How to tell if cinnamon is real or fake: 6 simple checks you can do at home (PC: AI Generated) Cinnamon may look like a simple kitchen spice, but not every product sold under the name has the same identity. The two most familiar types are Ceylon cinnamon, or Cinnamomum verum, often called ‘true cinnamon’,…
For generations, Iceland offered travellers something almost unimaginable in much of the world: spectacular lakes, bluest lagoons and black sand beaches; all this without the persistent buzz and bite of mosquitoes. But this unusual distinction ended in October 2025, when Björn Hjaltason discovered not one but three mosquitoes in a garden in Kjós, a rural…
A routine trip to a field in Uttar Pradesh’s Hardoi turned frightening for 21-year-old Arun after a snake hiding inside a sack of grass bit him.What happened next was even more dramatic. As Arun’s condition began to worsen, his elder brother Akash rushed him to hospital and, following instructions from doctors, kept trying to stop…
Traveller from Bhutan reviews Vande Bharat (Instagram) A train can be super impressive on its first day of inauguration but the real test comes months later. It comes after hundreds and thousands of passengers have travelled in those initially shiny compartments on countless journeys. And that’s exactly what this Bhutanese traveller named Anusha, known as…
On humid days, clothes may hang for hours and still feel cold and damp. The problem is not always the temperature. The fabric needs to release its moisture before it can dry. High humidity slows this evaporation. It is noted that clothes can sometimes dry faster on a cold, dry day than on a warm,…
