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There’s a particular kind of charm to a window framed not by fabric, but by a cascade of trailing green leaves, catching the light differently throughout the day and quietly turning an ordinary window into the most interesting feature in the room. This is the idea behind a living curtain, using hanging or climbing plants…
Climbers and vines are vertically growing plants that not only add character to a flat and lifeless balcony, but can also change everything and be easily accommodated without requiring much ground space. Vertical greenery does what potted plants alone can’t; it makes the edgy railings more dynamic, adds privacy, and turns even a small shelf…
Birthdays, weddings, festivals, every celebration seems to leave behind a small pile of leftover gift boxes, the sturdy, often beautifully printed kind that feel genuinely wasteful to throw straight into the bin. Unlike flimsy delivery packaging, gift boxes tend to be better built, nicer to look at, and come in every size imaginable, from tiny…
Every household ends up with a steady stream of empty plastic bottles, and most of them go straight into the recycling pile without a second thought. Before they do, it’s worth knowing just how useful a clean, empty bottle actually is in a garden, turning into planters, irrigation systems, and protective covers with nothing more…
Zomato Now comes alongside sister company Blinkit’s 10-minute food delivery service Bistro, which operates through its own cloud kitchens. A late-night food order turned into a frustrating experience for a Gurugram customer after he claimed his dinner never reached him, and alleged that the delivery partner may have eaten it instead.Rishabh Kaushik shared his experience…
Quote of the day by Nelson Mandela: “A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.” Nelson Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid activist, political leader, and the country’s first democratically elected president, serving from 1994…
Quote of the day by Adi Shankaracharya (Photo via X) Adi Shankaracharya was an 8th-century Indian philosopher and saint who revived and formulated Advaita Vedanta, the non-dual school of Hindu thought.He taught that the true Self, or Atman, and ultimate reality are tied to one another, beyond birth, death, and change. He traveled across India…
Aditya and Poonam Singh transformed more than 35 acres of degraded land near Ranthambore into a thriving wildlife refuge. Their story combines land restoration, community involvement and a deep commitment to protecting wildlife. (Image: Canva) A barren stretch of land beside Rajasthan’s Ranthambore Tiger Reserve slowly became a green refuge for wildlife. Behind the transformation…
Actor Shilpa Shetty spoke about this balance on the occasion of Safer Internet Day in February this year For parents, giving a child a phone is rarely just about giving them a device. It also means giving them access to videos, games, social media, strangers, misinformation and content they may not yet know how to…
Dr Shankar Lal Garg bought 22 acres of rocky land near Indore in 2007 to build an educational institution. When the project failed to take off, he gradually transformed the property into Keshar Parvat, a private green landscape now reported to contain about 40,000 trees from more than 500 species. A rocky hillock near Mhow…
