Life & Fitness

Dey’s victory marked India’s first-ever Commonwealth Games gold medal in judo. When Asmita Dey stood on the Commonwealth Games podium in Glasgow, there was one person she kept thinking about. Her father, Arjun Dey, was not there to see the moment. Her father had passed away seven months earlier after suffering a brain stroke.On Friday,…

One of the most confusing things about relationships is watching someone become distant when you know there is something between you. The conversations were easy, the chemistry felt real, and there seemed to be genuine interest. Then, suddenly, they start replying differently. Plans become less frequent. The warmth you were used to is replaced by…

He spent 12 years at Wipro, eventually working as a lead architect. When Shashi Kumar left his technology career in the US and returned to India to work on farming, his father did not speak to him for eight years. Kumar had grown up in a farming family in Tiptur, Karnataka, watching his father work…

Chinese mitten crab (AI generated Image via Canva) In the winter of 1992, a crew of shrimp trawlers working the waters of South San Francisco Bay pulled up their nets and found something that didn’t belong there.It wasn’t anything huge, but just a small creature wrapped in chaos!They found a fist-sized, brownish crab with dense,…

Photo source: Dainik Jagran It started with a maths test at school. For Ayesha, then a Class 5 student from Bhakhri village in Haryana’s Mahendragarh district, the Mittsure Mathematics Olympiad was initially just another competition. She took the exam, did well and moved on.Then she kept moving.From the school-level round, Ayesha progressed through the district…

An Indian woman’s decision to leave behind her life in Dubai and spend 30 days at an ashram in Rishikesh has gone viral on social media. In an Instagram post, Divya Bhathela shared why she chose to step away from the life she had built in Dubai and spend a month living, learning and unlearning…

Bhageerathi Amma returned to education at the age of 105. At an age when most people would consider education a chapter long closed, Bhageerathi Amma opened a schoolbook again. She was 105 when she returned to formal education in 2019, sitting for the Kerala State Literacy Mission’s Class 4 equivalency examination. She scored 75% overall…

Quote of the day by Gaur Gopal Das (Photo: @gaurgopald/ X) Gaur Gopal Das is an engineer-turned-monk and renowned life coach, well known for discourses on mental well-being, the choices we make between good and bad, and tips for living life better.While the world constantly diverts our attention in a dozen directions, it’s easy to…

At 17, while many students are preparing for board exams and thinking about college, Rahini Bansal is already building something that is changing lives. The Noida student started Sutradhar, an initiative that combines skill training, employment, and textile waste management. What began with just six women in 2024 has now grown into a community of…

The festive season is just round the corner, and we are all looking for easy, budget-friendly hacks to add character to our homes that instantly light them up and make them welcoming.The entryway to our homes is the first thing the guests see when they walk in through the door. Yet it’s often the most…