Minerva was the Roman goddess of wisdom, intellect, learning, arts and strategic warfare. She was the Roman counterpart of the Greek Athena and became an important figure in Roman culture. The name therefore carries a direct and longstanding association with wisdom and knowledge. Names connected with wisdom can carry more than a beautiful sound, they…
The illusion of longing It is an exceedingly common scenario encountered within the therapeutic space: a client laments the painful, lingering end of a past relationship, romantic or platonic, entirely convinced that their ongoing, obsessive grief is definitive proof of the other person’s irreplaceable nature. They endlessly dissect old text messages, replay decades-old memories like…
We’ve all grown up learning that the Earth is a smooth blue marble floating in space.But if you might have caught your eye on NASA’s latest adaptation model of the blue planet, it looks more or less like a potato!Sounds bizarre, right?But the image isn’t a mistake, and it isn’t showing you what Earth actually…
Garlic can transform a simple dal, sabzi or curry, but peeling it is rarely the part anyone looks forward to. The papery skin sticks to your fingers, tiny pieces get everywhere and, before you know it, the kitchen smells strongly of garlic. If you are peeling an entire bulb for a big batch of cooking,…
For every venomous species that grabs headlines and horror-movie cameos, there are dozens of snake species quietly going about their business without a single drop of dangerous venom to their name, roughly 85 percent of the world’s snakes fall into this harmless category. These non-venomous snakes still play a genuinely important ecological role, keeping rodent,…
For generations, Iceland offered travellers something almost unimaginable in much of the world: spectacular lakes, bluest lagoons and black sand beaches; all this without the persistent buzz and bite of mosquitoes. But this unusual distinction ended in October 2025, when Björn Hjaltason discovered not one but three mosquitoes in a garden in Kjós, a rural…
Karpaka Vinayakar temple (Wiki) A visit to Tamil Nadu’s famous temples may soon look very different for travellers and devotees from September 1, 2026. The state’s Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Department has put a complete ban on the use of mobile phones inside temple premises. The move is aimed at protecting the sanctity…
Indian vegetarian food is hardly limited to dal, sabzi and paneer. Across the world, other cuisines have built equally comforting dishes around lentils, chickpeas, potatoes, aubergines, beans, rice and plenty of spice. Many of these dishes use familiar ingredients but bring them together in completely different ways. The surprise is how easily some of these…
புழுவெட்டு என்பது சிறுவயதில் குழந்தைகளிடம் பார்க்க முடிகிறது. தலையில் ஏற்படும் பொடுகு, இளநரை, அரிப்பு சார்ந்த தோல் நோய்கள், சொரியாசிஸ் இதற்கு நிரந்தர தீர்வு உண்டா என்பவர்களுக்கு இந்த கஷாயம் உதவும். இந்த கஷாயத்தை உள்ளுக்கும் எடுக்கலாம். வெளிப்பூச்சுக்கும் பயன்படுத்தலாம். யாருக்கெல்லாம் பொடுகு பிரச்சனை உள்ளதோ அவர்கள் உட்புறமாக வெளிப்புறமாக பயன்படுத்தலாம். ஆரோக்கியமான கூந்தல், வலிமையான கூந்தல் வேண்டும் என்பவர்கள் வெளிப்புறமாக மட்டும் பயன்படுத்தலாம். இந்த புழுவெட்டு கஷாயத்தை எப்படி தயாரிப்பது என்பதை இப்போது பார்க்கலாம். இது…
You can, but you don’t have to. If you like your dal looking clear and smooth, skim the foam during the first few minutes of boiling. If you are cooking dal for an everyday meal and don’t mind the appearance, you can simply let it cook.The more important steps are washing the dal properly, using…