In April 2023, Gaurav Maurya, a farmer from Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh, tried growing grafted brinjal on just 0.125 hectares of land. By March 2024, he had harvested around 112 quintals of brinjal and earned a net profit of ₹2.27 lakh. The results encouraged him to take the technique beyond his own farm and…
You mix the batter, heat the tawa, pour a ladle and wait for a thin, golden, crackly dosa. Instead, you get something pale, floppy and slightly damp in the middle. Many home cooks blame the batter, but the most common culprit is simpler: pouring batter onto a pan that is not hot enough. When the…
Vijay Deverakonda recently spoke about a tough side of film prep as he opened up about cutting his water intake while shooting for the film Liger.Speaking to Sudhir Srinivasan on his YouTube podcast, the actor said he cut down his water intake for Liger so his body would look shredded. “I did it during Liger…where…
When people think about what makes someone successful, they often point to intelligence, talent, money or impressive job titles. Yet the way a person handles setbacks, builds daily habits and keeps learning can matter just as much. Entrepreneur and content creator Ankur Warikoo has put together a list of 10 types of people he believes…
Screengrab from her Youtube channel ‘De mi Rancho a Tu Cocina.’ At 75, Mexican grandmother Doña Ángela has built a large online audience through her YouTube cooking channel, ‘De mi Rancho a Tu Cocina,’ which translates to “From My Ranch to Your Kitchen”. As reported by Mexican publication Rodeo Capital in 2024, her cooking videos…
Have you ever felt instantly attracted to someone but realised, after a few conversations, that you barely knew them? Or found yourself growing closer to someone simply because you could talk to them about anything? That is where the difference between physical attraction and emotional intimacy becomes clearer. Both can bring two people closer, but…
A boarded-up house on a quiet street in Plainfield, Illinois, spent a few days as the internet’s favourite mystery. According to NBC Chicago, social media videos showed its porch lights blinking in a pattern many viewers read as the Morse code distress signal SOS. The windows were covered, nothing moved inside, and the lights kept…
Image: https://www.instagram.com/jasondra_schmidt/ Imagine seeing a two-storey house lifted off its foundation and carried down a road, with its walls, windows and roof still intact. Now imagine that the building is 112 years old, belongs to your family’s history and is being moved not a few metres, but nearly 9 km to a new home.For JaSondra…
AI representation/ChatGPT In 2023, Rajeshwari, a 38-year-old woman from Wandoor village in South Andaman, had just five indigenous birds in her backyard. She had no experience in scientific poultry management and kept the birds mainly for household consumption. Today, she runs an organised poultry enterprise that produces around 2,000 chicks every month and generates an…
A walk through a forest, a dry scrubland or even a garden hedge can feel perfectly ordinary until something moves. Some snakes have spent millions of years perfecting the art of vanishing into their surroundings, with patterns that mimic fallen leaves, dry grass, sand and green vines. Their disguise is not meant to scare anyone….