Ladakh marathon (Official website) Imagine running through Ladakh’s rugged lan, crossing the Indus River with the Himalayas rising around you and doing it at an altitude where even walking can feel demanding. That is the challenge awaiting runners at the 13th edition of the Ladakh Marathon, being held in Leh from September 10 to September…
BK Sister Shivani is an engineer-turned spiritual orator, Rajyoga trainer, and mindfulness guide. She is known to millions for giving discourses on various aspects of life, the choices we make every day, and thought processes. Today, she is one of the most watched and popular people who talk about mindfulness and positive life choices.She beautifully…
AI generated image via Canva The kitchen is truly a place of experimentation and joy while cooking dishes, but it’s also surprising how many kitchen objects have multiple uses.And while we would assume parchment or butter paper to be used just for wrapping food in tiffins and keeping dishes fresh.Surprisingly, it can also be used…
Photo via Katherineswitzer.com Some photographs transport us to other places, or rather moments back in time.One such photo is of a scene: A man mid-hunch, with a big grin, grabbing at a runner’s bib number while other runners scatter around them in shock. It looks planned, posed, theatrical, the kind of image you’d expect from…
What does an ADC notice when the President is at risk? Former ADC Rishabh Sambyal explains the training To the public, an Aide-de-Camp (ADC) is often seen as the military officer walking a few steps behind the President at important ceremonies, state visits and official events. But the role goes far beyond appearances. An ADC…
Opening a coconut does not require brute force. Draining it first, tapping around its natural middle seam and rotating it gradually can make the shell easier and safer to crack. Breaking a whole coconut can look like a job that needs strength, a heavy tool and a very steady hand. It actually comes down to…
Lobby Decor at ITC Maurya From personalised rice-grain keepsakes and heirloom recipe books to chocolate Matryoshka dolls, regional Indian menus and heightened security, Delhi’s luxury hotels have turned the BRICS 2026 summit into an elaborate showcase of Indian hospitality.As world leaders arrived in New Delhi for the 18th BRICS Summit, the diplomatic theatre is not…
Kim Zolciak and Kroy Biermann’s former Milton, Georgia, mansion, The Manor, has sold for $3.67 million after years of price cuts, foreclosure trouble and legal disputes. Here is a look inside the sprawling property and its unusual real-estate journey. (Image via Getty) Kim Zolciak and Kroy Biermann’s former Georgia mansion, known as The Manor, has…
There are some things you simply don’t mess with in a Kerala meal. Pappadam is one of them.That thin, crisp, golden disc that puffs up the moment it hits hot oil is almost a given on a Malayali dining table. It sits next to a sadya, turns up with biryani and, for many people, a…
Optical illusion personality tests are interesting images that trick the brain and eyes into believing what a person sees first based on their perspective, and what makes these illusions particularly interesting is that the person standing next to you can see just the opposite objects of the many layered into one another in the image….