Colombia Earthquake: WATCH: Terrified tourists scream as cable car swings violently during Colombia’s 7.4-magnitude earthquake; video captures panic in mid-air |

Scared tourists (Instagram) This is one cable ride experience that tourists won’t forget. A routine cable-car ride in western Colombia turned into a nightmare when a powerful earthquake struck on August 10. The terrified passengers were left suspended mid-air as their cabin rocked violently. Footage circulating on Instagram and other social-media platforms shows tourists inside…

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Kashmir Rooftop Farming: On a Kashmir rooftop in Shopian, one farmer is growing a whole farm’s worth of food

Most people look at a bare rooftop and see wasted space, maybe a spot for drying clothes, or storing things nobody wants downstairs. Haroon Rashid looked at his and saw a farm.Today, the terrace of his second-floor home in Vehil village, south Kashmir’s Shopian district, is bursting with nearly 100 varieties of herbs, vegetables and…

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Parentification: “She never learned the language of her own needs”: Psychologist explains the hidden cost of being the ‘responsible’ eldest daughter and how parents can help |

She is often the one everyone can count on. She notices when her mother is stressed, keeps an eye on younger siblings, helps around the house and rarely asks for much herself. People call her “mature,” “sensible,” or “the responsible one.” But sometimes, what looks like maturity is actually a child learning to carry adult…

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Quote of the day by Arnold Schwarzenegger: “If I have the chance to time travel, might as well go all out”; here’s why travel is the closest thing to a time machine |

“If I have the chance to time travel, might as well go all out” Imagine being handed a time machine but you have to follow one rule and the rule is: you can travel anywhere in history, but can’t stay there forever. What place would it be? Would you choose the old lanes of Varanasi…

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U.S. influencer faced tough action in Australia after picking up a baby wombat from its distressed mother for a viral ‘reel’; an important lesson for wildlife-loving travellers |

U.S. influencer with Baby Joey (Instagram) A wildlife video surfaced on social media has left the world furious. Also a lesson for travellers. The footage shows a famous US influencer Sam Jones, aka Samantha Strable, snatching away a baby wombat (joey) from a roadside from the mother. The video is captured by her fellow male…

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Meet Mieko Catlett: Japanese woman who travelled to Uttarakhand years after her husband’s death to fulfil his last wish of immersing his ashes in the sacred Saryu River |

Mieko Catlett (Instagram) Some journeys are planned. And some begin with a promise. For Mieko Catlett, the journey from Japan to Bageshwar in Uttarakhand was about keeping a promise she had made to her late husband, Robert Catlett. After his death, she came back to the Himalayan town carrying his ashes. To fulfill his final…

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