Sometimes, the business that fails isn’t the end of the story. Sometimes, it’s the thing that pushes you toward the business you were actually meant to build.That’s what happened with Abhishek Sahu.Around 15 years ago, Sahu moved to Bhopal with hopes of building a business of his own. He opened an internet cafe, hoping it … Read more
They will now represent India in Puerto Rico, from December 8 to 10, 2026. (Photo credit: The Week) Two 14-year-old girls from Kerala have built a robotic system that cleans, preserves and digitises fragile palm-leaf manuscripts and their project has now taken them from a school robotics competition in Hyderabad to the international stage in … Read more
Quote of the day by Gaur Gopal Das (Photo: @gaurgopald/ X) Gaur Gopal Das is an engineer-turned-monk renowned for his discourses on a positive take on life. He often speaks about mental well-being and how to develop a positive perspective on life’s situations and tackle them with ease.Once, he talked about a profound idea about … Read more
Optical illusion personality tests are interesting images with multiple objects layered into one another that trick the brain and eyes into believing what a person sees first, based on their perspective. We look at an image, and the brain locks onto one shape before anything else, and this split-second reaction claims to say something about … Read more
The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism and one of the most renowned voices on compassion and human well-being alive today. Born in 1935, he was identified as a child as the reincarnation of his predecessor and later became the religious and political head of Tibet.In 1989, he was … Read more
The Eiffel Tower in Paris is among the world’s most visited landmarks. In a recent update, the tower was shut for a whole day, following a staff protest linked to a private visit by a Hindu religious delegation. However, it has now reopened to tourists. The incident took place during a busy period of religious … Read more
Quote of the day by Adi Shankaracharya (Photo via X) Adi Shankaracharya was an 8th-century Indian philosopher and saint who revived and formulated Advaita Vedanta, the non-dual school of Hindu thought.He taught that the true Self, or Atman, and ultimate reality are tied to one another, beyond birth, death, and change. He traveled across India … Read more
By the 1980s, however, the popularity of Hindi films had become a concern for Egypt’s domestic film industry. Amitabh Bachchan was so popular in Egypt that Bollywood films were restricted in 1987; when Big B arrived in Cairo in 1991, it triggered a ‘national crisis’ in the countryLong before the current social media driven world, … Read more
If the Koh-i-Noor is the most famous, the Cullinan I is the heavyweight champion. It was cut from the largest rough diamond ever found. The Look: A massive, clear, pear-shaped diamond. The Scale: At over 530 carats, it is much larger than the 105-carat Koh-i-Noor. The Value: It sits in the British Royal Sceptre and … Read more
Chandrika was found alive, partly trapped in mud on the fourth floor of a house that had been buried by the August 26 floods. For eight days, Chandrika Shrestha’s family searched for her after a devastating flood swept through Nepal’s Bhotekoshi river basin. There was no sign of the 64-year-old woman. Her house had been … Read more