Cocopeat has become a favourite among home gardeners because it is lightweight, easy to handle and useful in a wide range of gardening tasks. Made from the fibrous material found between the hard shell and outer husk of coconuts, cocopeat is commonly used as a growing medium and soil amendment. It can hold significant amounts…
For some people, love does not end with goodbye. It simply changes the way it is expressed. An elderly auto driver in Bengaluru has been quietly carrying on a daily ritual for his late wife, even eight years after her death. Every day, he cleans his auto, places flowers inside the vehicle, and keeps his…
A fake SBI SMS can look almost identical to a genuine bank alert. At first glance, there was almost nothing to distinguish the two SMS messages. Both appeared to come from SBI. Both carried the same sender-style header. Both referred to a failed debit-card transaction and looked like the kind of alert a bank customer…
For anyone with a garden, coconut shell charcoal offers a genuinely useful, low-cost way to improve soil health. Once broken down and worked into soil, it helps improve water retention and aeration, creating better growing conditions for plants without needing any synthetic soil additives. Whole or halved shells also get repurposed directly as small planters…
Few flowers are as closely tied to India’s festive season as the chrysanthemum, and for good reason, it’s practically the signature bloom of Diwali decorations across the country. Sown now, it typically comes into flower from around August through November, with colours ranging from warm yellows and oranges to deep maroons, whites, and lavenders. It…
Toaster ovens tend to get used constantly and cleaned rarely, quietly collecting layers of splattered grease and crumbs while every other kitchen appliance gets regular attention. Part of the problem is that a toaster oven isn’t quite the same cleaning job as a full-sized oven; its compact size and exposed heating elements mean you can’t…
Generative Image (Photo via Canva) Aluminium foil is the go-to kitchen pal to cover freshly cooked food to keep it hot and intact. But that’s not all it’s used for.Surprisingly, the humble-looking aluminium foil has many surprising applications, and one among these is keeping the bananas fresh!If you’ve ever bought a bunch of bananas with…
Opening the fridge to find water droplets clinging to the shelves, or worse, a small puddle sitting under the vegetable drawer, is one of those small household annoyances that quietly gets worse the longer it’s ignored. It’s worth knowing upfront that a little condensation isn’t automatically a problem; some moisture on the back wall or…
Neem Karoli Baba (Photo: @Dharmsena_1/ X) Neem Karoli Baba, popularly known as Maharajji, was a revered Hindu guru and a devotee of Lord Hanuman. He helped many renowned figures around the world discern a clear and effective life path, including Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and Ram Dass, a Harvard psychologist and psychedelic researcher who later…
Raids conducted on shops stocking bananas in the Alevoor, Kemthur, and Duglipadavu villages of Udupi A huge quantity of bananas has been seized in Karnataka after food safety officials reportedly found fruit that had been artificially ripened using chemicals.The raid took place in Udupi district, where officials carried out surprise inspections at shops and godowns…
