Sleepless nights happen to everyone from time to time. Sometimes your brain simply can’t shut up long enough to allow you to fall asleep – probably because your busy going over the events of the day, or planning for the day ahead. With sleep deprivation proving to be a relatively serious problem in Australia (the...Read More
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I HAVE NOTHING IN COMMON WITH MY HUBBY — THAT’S WHAT MAKES OUR RELATIONSHIP SO GREAT.
Go to any marriage counsellor, and they’ll tell you that for a relationship to work couples must share common interests. But what happens when conventional wisdom proves to be wrong? That’s the question Catherine Baab-Muguira poses in her article about her marriage. She admits that she and her husband have nothing in common, but that’s...Read More
Water conservation is the most important buzzword in the dry parts of the world, and they don’t come drier than the UAE. In recent times, the country has turned to science for ideas on how to make more rain, and among other things it is toying with the idea of building a man-made mountain. For...Read More
Have you ever travelled in a ‘Mumbai Local’ at the peak hour in the morning? If you haven’t, let me draw the scenario for you – a typical train coach which is designed to carry 200 people ends up carrying approx 800 people every morning. Mumbaikars dream of travelling in a bullet train while...Read More
There are a thousand ways you can enjoy chicken and frying chicken is possibly one of the best ways to do it. As a delicious evening snack, hot chicken fingers can provide all the taste and crispiness of potato fingers, while giving the additional kick of protein. Pair it up with a creamy mayo dip...Read More
Ceylon is the ancient name of the island of Sri Lanka, but even before Ceylon the country had another name, Serendip. If you are thinking that Serendip is somehow related to the word ‘serendipity’, you are quite right. The word serendipity was coined by Horace Walpole and was inspired by a Persian tale called, ‘the...Read More
Priyanka Chopra is busy these days, shooting for her first Hollywood film, Baywatch in Georgia (US) with actors like Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron. While the nation is in awe of her talent and success, some people are having a hard time digesting the fact that this Padma Shri awarded actress has achieved so much...Read More
Silicon Valley is often called the startup capital of the world. Under the Prime Ministership of Narendra Modi, India hopes to harbour a few capital cities of its own in a few years that will answer to that flattering call. In his Startup India Initiative, Narendra Modi outlined his vision to make India a startup...Read More
Blackface is when white people colour their faces and bodies black to resemble people of colour. While there is nothing inherently wrong with the idea, historically the process has been used to make a mockery of other cultures. In this piece, we tell you how Australia has been debating this yet again. Just when we...Read More
Canada’s Defence Minister, Harjit Sajjan, is a real life war hero who spent a whole career running intelligence and secret spy operations. In this article, we tell you a little about the minister’s colourful past, and his present views about defence. We don’t know if intelligence spies really live lives as colourful as those depicted...Read More
