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Photo via Isha Foundation For most people, a moonless night or the Amavasya is just that dark, quiet, and ominous night. But in Indian spiritual traditions, it carries a different kind of weight altogether. Also known as the New Moon day, it has held a special place in yogic and meditative practices for a long,…
Photo of one of the young man posing with Neelakurinji flowers is now widely circulated on social media. For many visitors, seeing the hills of Munnar covered in blue-violet Neelakurinji flowers is the kind of travel memory worth photographing. But for two youths, an attempt to turn the rare bloom into an Instagram moment has…
The ranking is based on the PISA 2025 report which assessed 15-year-old students across 91 countries and economies. A classroom may look quiet from outside, but keeping a group of teenagers focused is not always easy. Students talking while the teacher is speaking, making noise, using phones or laptops and disturbing others can make it…
Food safety officials have taken action against five establishments in Hyderabad’s Kukatpally area after inspections found a string of hygiene and food safety violations.The Telangana Standards Authority for Food and Essential Drugs (TG SAFE) suspended the FSSAI licences of five food establishments on Wednesday. The action followed a special enforcement drive carried out in the…
The Australian High Commissioner to India decided to do something unusual in order to take a break from his diplomatic routine.While diplomats usually travel in a certain way, with official cars, tight schedules, and controlled settings. He chose to skip the envoy and hop onto a regular train instead;The top Australian diplomat in India decided…
Pablo Picasso (Photo via X) Pablo Picasso was a Spanish painter and sculptor, and one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. He co-founded the Cubist movement, constantly updated his own style across decades, and left behind an almost unbelievable body of work with tens of thousands of paintings, drawings, ceramics, and sculptures.He…
When Harshit Surekha dropped his lakhs worth MacBook, he never thought he would ever get to see it again! But “do you believe in Karma”, that’s exactly what he asked when he found it back and shared an emotional video on his Instagram profile. A few days back, a routine ride home from the gym…
There’s a unique street in Baghdad where books are left on the road unguarded and unprotected at night. Because they believe in the famous saying, “The reader does not steal, and the thief does not read”. This is like walking through an old market after sunset and finding hundreds of books spread across tables and…
Floral names do not have to be limited to familiar choices such as Rose, Lily or Daisy. Names such as Linnea, Freesia, Zinnia and Daphne offer less conventional alternatives while retaining a clear connection to the natural world. For parents seeking a distinctive name with a botanical touch, these flowers can provide plenty of inspiration….
Optical illusion personality tests are interesting images with multiple objects layered into one another that trick the brain and eyes into believing what a person sees first, based on their perspective. We look at an image, and the brain locks onto one shape before anything else, and this split-second reaction claims to say something about…
