One of the 10 museums around the world that are anything but mundane- Is the Sulabh International Museum of Toilets in Delhi The founder of Sulabh International Social Service Organisation Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak envisioned this one of the unique museums, which has a rare collection of facts, pictures and objects detailing the historic evolution of toilets from 2500 BC…
Maybe you haven’t cracked open a book in a while. Maybe you just can’t seem to finish the one you started. Maybe you feel so bogged down by how heavy the world is that it feels like too much work to pick one up. If you want to make a habit out of reading, you…
Finding the best free grammar checker tool is quite a daunting task. As someone with a huge workload, you cannot possibly manually check things like emails, long blog posts, social media posts, documentation and so forth, and search for grammatical errors in each one at the same time. And if you are just starting your…
Bollywood and patriotism go way back. The list of Hindi films depicting magnificent stories of freedom fighters and their struggle to make India an independent nation is endless. On the auspicious ocassion of I-DAY, let’s look at some patriotic films that will surely pump up the adrenaline of all patriots. “May we never forget our…
We know how it feels when you can’t go on that dream trip for some reason and end up settling for some activity close to home. But don’t worry. Here’s a great idea. Why don’t you plan a movie night this weekend and start binging on some awesome Indian movies that celebrate travel? Feed your…
Many of us spend a huge amount of time on social networks. We scroll through endless streams of memes, photos and videos. And one thing is becoming increasingly difficult to do and that is telling apart what’s real from what isn’t. Sure, we all know that there’s a lot of photo editing going on, but…
The diamond came from India’s alluvial mines thousands of years ago, sifted from the sand. According to Hindu belief, it was revered by gods like Krishna—even though it seemed to carry a curse, if the luck of its owners was anything to go by. The gem, known as the Koh-i-Noor Diamond, wove its way through…
Viruses are responsible for some of the world’s most dangerous and deadly diseases, including influenza, ebola, rabies, smallpox, and COVID-19. Despite their potential to kill, these potent pathogens are in fact considered to be non-living, as alive as the screen that you are reading this article on. How is this possible? How can something as…
The whisper-soft rustling of leaves, the creaking of branches, the slow, groaning shift of trunks in the wind. Sometimes it can feel like the very forest is dancing together in some secret conversation that we with our limited human senses are not privy to. And while trees speaking might sound like something straight out of…
No “permanent magnet” is completely permanent. Heat, sharp impacts, stray magnetic fields, and age all conspire to rob a magnet of its field. A magnet gets its field when microscopic magnetic areas, called domains, all line up in the same direction. When the domains cooperate, the magnet’s field is the sum of all the microscopic…
