For generations, many Indian homes have placed the kitchen in the south-east corner, not simply as a matter of design but as a deeply rooted Vastu tradition. Even today, while buying a new house or planning construction, one of the first questions many families ask is, “Where is the kitchen?” In Vastu Shastra, the answer…

We usually treat hobbies like things we do to “kill time.” But if you think about it, time is the only thing we actually have—so why would we want to kill it? The right hobby isn’t just a distraction; it’s more like a software update for your mind and life. If you’re feeling a bit…

It was supposed to be a simple evening out. Sonam Midha, an Indian woman living in Japan, had gone to a restaurant with a friend on rented bicycles. Before walking in, she tucked her purse into the bicycle basket outside, a casual, thoughtless moment of the kind we all have dozens of times a day….

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…