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Photo courtesy: The Better India A little girl was playing among women inmates inside Bilaspur Central Jail when a visiting district collector noticed her. For this child, the world had unusually high walls.The 6-year-old, identified as Khushi, had spent her young life inside the prison. Her father was serving a long sentence in jail, while…

Govinda and Sunita Ahuja (Photo via Instagram/ Sunita Ahuja) Govinda and Sunita Ahuja’s Mumbai home is just like walking into an Italian apartment set in an old-world charm, vintage accessories, and warm vibe rather than flashy minimalism. Recently, Sunita walked viewers through her home in a home tour video by Mashable India.Her home is lined…

There is something strangely familiar about getting a brilliant idea in the shower. You step in thinking about your day, your work, or a problem that has been bothering you for hours. A few minutes later, while standing under warm water, the answer suddenly appears. It can be a solution to a work issue, a…

Quote of the day by Maya Angelou: Why how you make people feel matters most Maya Angelou once said, “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” This quote is a simple reminder that everything stems from the…

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…

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…

Civic sense, a common knowledge but not many people follow it. Civic sense is often visible in the smallest everyday actions. The Gross Domestic Behaviour (GDB) Survey 2025, conducted by the India Today Group in collaboration with How India Lives and Kadence International, attempted to measure these attitudes across India. The survey covered 9,188 respondents…

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…