Why do airports have different terminals? If you have ever looked at your boarding pass and wondered why your flight leaves from Terminal 2 while another flight at the same airport departs from Terminal 1, you are not alone.For passengers, an airport can feel like one giant place. Behind the scenes, however, its passenger facilities … Read more
White sneakers can lose their fresh look surprisingly quickly. A few walks outside can leave the soles grey, while small scuffs and dark marks can make an otherwise clean pair look worn out. Before reaching for a specialist cleaner, there is a simple household option you may already have in the bathroom. Plain white toothpaste … Read more
In the latest episode of the Humans of Bombay Show, founder Karishma Mehta did something that most interviewers only dream of. She flew to Dehradun, drove into the quiet, misty hills, and sat down with Ruskin Bond, one of India’s most beloved storytellers, in the home where he has lived, written, and watched the mountains … Read more
NIT Durgapur Students Dance To ‘Chikni Chameli’, Professor Stops Them: ‘Is This A Joke?’What started as a fun performance at a freshers’ programme at NIT Durgapur suddenly became awkward when a professor walked in and stopped a group of students dancing to ‘Chikni Chameli’.The students were on stage, their classmates were cheering, and everything seemed … Read more
Everyone loves walking into a home filled with a good, soothing fragrance that almost lights up the space and takes people to a bed of flowers.But most people today are looking to choose natural options over chemical ones to fill their homes with good, healthy smells.After all, who doesn’t like to take a walk into … Read more
There’s a specific kind of disappointment reserved for reaching into the fruit bowl for a lemon and finding it’s gone soft, wrinkled, or worse, spotted with mould at the base, especially when you’re fairly sure you bought it just last week. Lemons have a reputation for looking sturdy but actually being fairly high-maintenance; once you … Read more
Air conditioners work like lifesavers on hot, sunny, and sultry days, bringing down the temperatures as we return home after a tiring day at work.Although AC is a viable option for relief, high electricity bills follow because the appliances run all day long in the heat.But a woman seems to have found a crack in … Read more
Some success stories begin with big dreams. PC Musthafa’s began with a school dropout, a poor family, and a child who had to work to help his father earn money. Growing up in Chennalode near Kalpetta in Kerala’s Wayanad district, Musthafa came from a family that struggled to make ends meet. His father worked as … Read more
The popular version of skin cycling usually follows a four-night pattern, exfoliation on the first night, a retinoid on the second, followed by two nights focused on hydration and recovery. The four-night schedule itself should not be treated as a universal rule. What matters is the principle behind it. Active ingredients can be extremely useful … Read more
You know this kid. Maybe it’s yours. At home, they narrate everything, what the dog is doing, why their sandwich got cut wrong, an entire retelling of a cartoon episode with sound effects. But then you pick them up from school, and the teacher tells you they said maybe three words all day, and mostly … Read more