Elite Education: Why royals and billionaires, the world’s 1%, send their children to Swiss boarding schools

Photo: Instagram/Institut auf dem Rosenberg For the children of kings, billionaires and some of the world’s most powerful families, school can be a very different experience. Their education may take place beside Lake Geneva, their winter months may be spent in the Swiss Alps, and their classmates may include heirs to fortunes and members of…

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7 mistakes to avoid at any hotel buffet

7 mistakes to avoid at any hotel buffet A hotel buffet is one of those places where your eyes usually eat first. You spot the dosa counter, then the pastries, then the fresh fruit, and suddenly your plate is carrying far more than you could possibly finish.But beyond overeating, there are a few buffet habits…

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In this Assam school, children pay their fees with plastic waste: How Akshar School is turning trash into a tool for education |

The school was founded in 2016 by Parmita Sarma and Mazin Mukhtar. (Photo Credit: AFP) Every morning, children at a school in Assam arrive carrying something unusual in their school bags. Not many would believe plastic waste could be an item used for a barter. But at Akshar School in Pamohi village, students collect plastic…

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Should married women avoid keeping Ekadashi fast? Here’s what Hindu scriptures and traditional beliefs actually say |

Ekadashi is observed twice every lunar month by millions of Hindus as a day of fasting, prayer and devotion to Lord Vishnu. Yet, alongside the tradition of observing the fast, a question has also persisted in some families: should married women, particularly women whose husbands are alive, keep an Ekadashi fast?The belief that married or…

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