‘Fashion you can buy, but style you possess’: Iris Apfel’s timeless lesson on finding your own styleYou can buy the latest clothes. You can follow every trend. You can even recreate a celebrity’s look from head to toe.But does that automatically mean you have style?Iris Apfel didn’t think so.The late fashion icon once put it…
The idea came to the teens when Jayanta ate a thekua at his friend kailash’s house. “I ate it and thought, ‘This is something you get only once a year. Why not sell it?’” For 17-year-old Jayanta and his friend Kailash, teenagers from West Bengal, what began with a thought after tasting thekua during Chhath…
This is where the counterintuitive part comes in: starting too large is genuinely worse than starting small. A pot around 10 to 14 inches wide, roughly 12 inches being the most commonly recommended starting point, suits a young nursery-sized plant properly, since a pot much bigger than the root ball holds excess soil that stays…
A flood-relief effort in Bihar took an unexpected turn when a crowd surrounded volunteers distributing fruits, with people seen scrambling to grab the supplies.A video of the incident has surfaced on social media, showing volunteers trying to manage the crowd as the situation becomes increasingly chaotic. Sahaj Duggal, president of the NGO Har Maidan Fateh…
Photo: @nina.clare/ Instagram Jennifer Aniston has said that if acting hadn’t worked out, she’d have wanted to be a designer in an interview, and one look at her Bel-Air home makes that easy to believe. Bought in 2011 for around $21 million, the property was originally built in 1965 by renowned modernist architect A. Quincy…
Who is Joanna Wietrzyk? Australian HYROX athlete and fitness coach at centre of Beijing controversy Joanna Wietrzyk has admitted she made the wrong call during a HYROX race in Beijing.The Australian athlete, who continued competing after becoming unwell during the event and ultimately won, has apologised following criticism over her decision to remain on the…
His work earned him the name “Gandhi of architecture.” Laurie Baker believed a house did not have to be expensive to be beautiful. At a time when concrete and steel were often seen as the symbols of modern construction, the British-born architect turned to local bricks, traditional building methods and the natural surroundings to design…
BK Sister Shivani is a motivational speaker and spiritual mentor who often speaks about profound topics, navigating through life with a positive outlook, making the right decisions, and following your true calling.In 2019, she received the Nari Shakti Puraskaar, India’s highest civilian honour for women, conferred by then-President Ram Nath Kovind, for her role in…
Foreign traveller compares it to Japan, South Korea A foreign traveller’s video from Delhi is getting attention online after he documented an ordinary metro journey with the kind of curiosity usually seen during a first visit to a new place. His reactions range from trying a local greeting to comparing what he sees with transport…
Plastic buckets often start looking dull with regular use. The factors could be soap residue, dirt, and hard water marks. Everyday use can also leave a layer of grime on the surface. Light-coloured buckets may show these stains more clearly. Over time, the bucket can look old even when it is still in good condition….