Life & Style

‘I’m so brain-fogged and sleep-deprived’: Radhika Apte opens up about motherhood, sleepless nights and how raising a child has changed her ability to multitask

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Radhikha Apte with her baby girl (@radhikaofficial) Actor Radhika Apte is currently making headlines for her recent Netflix release Akka alongside co-star Keerthy Suresh. Both the women are mothers and are balancing work and motherhood. But between the first smiles, burps, cuddles are countless sleepless nights, dirty diapers and laundry and unfinished chores. With all … Read more

Diwali Gifts: “No competition. Aapko kya mila?”: Delhi company’s iPhone 16 Diwali gift for employees goes viral and leaves the internet asking if it’s real

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Photo: @financersaab2.0/ Instagram Diwali is just around the corner, and corporate offices are in full swing with the festivities, distributing gifts and hampers to mark the celebration of the festival of lights.And if you ask what people got for Diwali office gifts, you will hear a familiar list. Be it a box of sweets, a … Read more

Psychology says preschoolers who blink more often may switch mental rules more easily; a study of 113 Japanese children found a modest link with cognitive flexibility

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A preschooler is shown a set of cards and asked to sort them by colour. Once the child gets used to the game, the instructions change: now the cards must be sorted by shape. A little later, the rules change again, and the child has to keep switching between the two.For a young child, this … Read more

Ratnaboli Ghosh: She doesn’t know the families, but decorates their doorsteps every Diwali, Kolkata’s retired teacher turned alpana artist in her 70s: Meet Ratnaboli Ghosh

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Diwali is just round the corner, and people decorate their households with colourful rangoli designs, but in the hubbub of festivities we often forget to look around the crowded lanes at the actual hard work that goes into creating each design. Beyond this, if not for festivals, we also tend to forget that some traditions … Read more

‘Hold the Plane’: Morgan Stanley executive spends nearly 4 hours battling Bengaluru traffic; from repeatedly checking Google Maps to urging his driver ‘Jaldi jao’, his ordeal is now viral

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David Weinstein, Morgan Stanley executive spends nearly 4 hours battling Bengaluru traffic Imagine setting off to catch an 8:15 PM flight at 3:30 PM in the afternoon, and still making it just in time. Despite carefully planning his airport journey hours before an evening flight, David Weinstein, an executive director at Morgan Stanley, shared his … Read more

Hyderabad Girl Organ Donation: 13-year-old Hyderabad girl, who was declared brain dead after a road accident, saves six lives: How her father’s brave decision has made her ‘live on immortally’

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Photo: @SajjanarVC_IPS/ X A 13-year-old girl from Hyderabad has given six people a second chance at life, even after losing her own. Guda Rohitha, a Class 9 student at a government school, was travelling with her family in an autorickshaw near the Balanagar Flyover when a speeding lorry rammed into it. She was critically injured, … Read more

Stray Cat: “This should never have happened”: Cafe chain apologises after stray cat vanishes from outside its Bandra West outlet, 20 staff join the search; meditation coach gives it a new home

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Photo: AI generated via Canva We have those preferred hangout spots, which we often frequent with our loved ones, but over time we notice that that place its not just closer to our hearts but also tiny humble strays that sit curled up outside some of their ‘favourite’ joints, more or less like their official … Read more

He left school after Class 8 and couldn’t join the Army like his father; meet Anurag Rawat, India’s first cerebral palsy warrior who completed a 10-km high-altitude run in the Himalayas

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Meet Anurag Rawat (@_the_distinctive_) Anurag Rawat once dreamt of being an army man. Considering he grew up in an Army family, he always saw himself wearing the uniform and serving the country just like his father. But destiny had other plans. Anurag was born with cerebral palsy, a neurological condition that affects movement and muscle … Read more

Kerala passport officer left stunned after finding phone numbers and maths sums scribbled across booklet

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Who actually needs a dedicated notepad when you have a perfectly good passport sitting around with dozens of empty pages? A viral clip showing an Indian travel document stuffed with phone contacts, quick addition sums, and random household reminders has left social media in stitches, with thousands calling it the absolute peak of desi resourcefulness.Most … Read more