Life & Style

Dinesh Thakkar with his buy (@dineshdthakkar/Instagram) A Class 12 graduate who once chose business over conventional higher education is now making headlines for one of India’s most expensive residential property purchases. Meet Dinesh Thakkar, founder, chairman and managing director of Angel One. In a recent news update, Thakkar has agreed to buy an entire residential…

When a friend is asked to consult on an outfit, the question is: ‘What is the occasion?’ When it comes to carrying coloured gemstones with confidence, flip that narrative on its head and ask, instead: ‘What colour should I wear?’ Deep red and forest greens carry a sense of formality but only after dark. Pale…

Being independent in a relationship is not a bad thing. In fact, having your own friends, hobbies, routines and interests can make a relationship healthier. You do not have to spend every waking moment together to feel close. The problem begins when having your own space slowly turns into keeping your partner at a distance….

When most people picture a celebrity home, they think of glass towers or sea-facing apartments. Mika Singh’s place near Delhi is something else entirely. Spread across a full 100 acres, it feels more like a small village than a private farmhouse. Recently, filmmaker and choreographer Farah Khan along with her cook Dilip, got a full…

A chubby little robin from Australia has a bright pink chest and belly with the rest of its body covered in dark gray. It can be found in the wild in the cool, dense rainforests and wet eucalypt forests of southeastern Australia, including Tasmania and Victoria. Winter months in the southern hemisphere, September to March,…

There’s always that one bedsheet tucked at the back of the cupboard, a little faded, maybe a small tear near the edge, but still too much fabric to just toss in the bin without a second thought. Most of us default to using old sheets as dusting cloths and calling it a day, but honestly,…

There’s this old belief that the day a child is born quietly shapes something about who they’ll become, and Saturday carries a particularly heavy, dignified energy of its own, ruled as it is by Saturn, or Shani, the planet tied to discipline, patience, and wisdom you can’t rush. Kids born on this day are often…

Once you’ve cleared the existing buildup, a bit of daily upkeep goes a long way toward not having to do this all over again in a few weeks. A quick squeegee pass after every shower, working top to bottom, followed by a wipe with a microfiber cloth, stops new water spots from forming in the…

The most surprising part of putting on a baby’s diaper may be the bit parents barely notice: the soft ruffles around the legs are not supposed to stay tucked inside. They need to be pulled outward after the diaper is fastened. That tiny adjustment can help create a better seal around the legs and reduce…

Khijra Zubair and Tuba Zubair had their Aadhaar cards made when they were around four. Two Class 10 twin sisters in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, found themselves caught in an unusual Aadhaar problem when the biometric details of one sister were reportedly matched with those of the other. Khijra Zubair and Tuba Zubair, students in Class…