You’ve probably noticed it yourself — filling up the fuel tank costs more than it used to, and the cylinder delivery bill has crept up too. This isn’t a one-off blip. It is part of a broader petrol, diesel, gas & crude oil hike that has been building for months, and it is worth being […]
My cousin in Kolkata once told me she plans her entire annual leave around one week, not a beach trip, not a wedding, just the week durga puja 2026 takes over her city. That always stuck with me. This isn’t a festival you casually observe from the sidelines; the durga puja rituals pull you in […]
Before “spiritual wellness” was a hashtag, seekers across India were already walking a much quieter, harder road toward self-improvement. They called it Tantra Sadhana: a practice that sees the body and mind as gateways to spirit itself. Pop culture has done this word up over the years, stuffing it with meanings that have almost nothing to […]
I still remember watching my grandmother temper mustard oil until it just started smoking, then pull the pan off a half-second before it went too far. No timer. No measured mustard paste — just a practiced tilt of the wrist and a smell she was waiting for. That’s the thing about Bengali cuisine you can read […]
If you ask someone who has grown up listening to Hindi films music the name of “the voice,” there is hardly any chance of them giving any name other than Lata Mangeshkar. She is known as the Nightingale of India, and truly enough, it is an apt name since she has been the voice of […]
Ever stood at the counter of your local kirana store, done a quick double-take, and thought “wait, wasn’t sugar cheaper last month?” You’re not imagining it. The 1 kg sugar price is one of those quiet numbers we glance past every month, yet it shifts with monsoons, mill output, and even fuel policy on the […]
