'Was she missing her boyfriend whose animated t-shirt she fondly wears inside the house?'
Rediff readers from across the world tell us why their mothers are special.
Paresh C Palicha recommends Anuraga Karikkinvellam.
An overwhelming proportion of the unemployed declare their nature of occupation as students. In the quarter ended December 2021, 77% of the unemployed who were actively looking for jobs were students. This syncs well with another data, that 77% of the unemployed are between 15 and 24 years of age, reveals Mahesh Vyas.
Bettering the promise of monthly payouts to homemakers by the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the DMK, Kamal Haasan's Makkal Needhi Maiam on Friday assured Rs 3,000 "value rights assistance" to them in its manifesto for the April 6 assembly polls, but maintained it was not a dole.
Manish S Shah, from Doha, Qatar, tells us how he made the most of the lockdown.
'Many challenges may come our way. It is up to us to make it colourful.'
Siddhartha Dey feels Siddharth is always ready to fight with the girls and that's no way a man should behave.
With half of their staff on duty and no visitors allowed in waiting halls, many top leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) who are under quarantine due to the extended lockdown are exploring ways to keep themselves busy.
'Now that I have a new family, I cannot leave my old family behind.'
In the past, and even to some extent today, silver jewellery used to be an accurate indicator of a family's creditworthiness, says Geetanjali Krishna.
Let the kids just idle out their time. Their minds are always working. Let that mind develop naturally, says Dr Himani Kulkarni.
'How can you fight an enemy you can't see?'
Just like depression and high blood pressure, did you know that indigestion, headache and sleeplessness can also lead to a stroke?
Maintaining intimacy during these difficult times is not about how often you get to have sex, says Leena Paranjpe. It is about how each couple can adapt to the crisis by coming together rather than thinking of separation.
Did you know Maneish Paul got more votes than Arnab Goswami!
What happened on the sets of Saagar. The role Irrfan desperately wanted to play. What Sayani Gupta is up to.
'Count your blessings, feel gratitude for the medical and essential services providers and police forces who are staking their lives to fight this invisible enemy.'
'I have never been in a situation where someone would use someone and hurt their own friends.'
'I can't wait to start afresh.' 'So many things in my life have become clearer to me.' 'I see this isolation as an opportunity to heal my soul.'
Whether you are working from home, or doing household chores, it is important to keep aside some time for a recovery period along the way, to help replenish the energy being invested by you.
Smart home hacks to save some 'me' time and fasten up the cleaning process.
Line up tasks that require physical presence, like meetings or team sessions, for the days you will be working from the office. Tasks that can be performed in isolation should be left for home.
Deadly dolls, skeletons in the closet, haunted homes, this is just a warm-up on what to expect on OTT this week.
Women voters have been outnumbering male voters in Mizoram for the past few years, but paradoxically there are no women representatives in the state legislature for years together.
Tucked away at a lane in Arehalli Guddadahalli, a small village in Bengaluru Rural district is a nondescript factory of LaundryMate, one of India's first organised technology-led online laundry services firms. The company has built the country's largest laundry facility, which is spread across 53,000 square feet - the size of a football field. Inside the hangar-like building, one can hear the whooshing and humming sound of big hi-tech washing machines being operated by the newly-recruited staff of LaundryMate.
Sukanya Verma remembers the star in some of her significant movies.
It's normal to want to protect children from the pain of making mistakes, but children need to make mistakes to grow, become resilient.
Used to travelling 200 days in a year, India's leading squash player Joshna Chinappa is grappling with the anxiety of being home alone amid a nationwide lockdown, during which even going to a grocery store has become an "amazing experience". With her mother staying elsewhere in Chennai and father in Coorg, Chinappa has been forced to do things she seldom did and is enjoying for now.
In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
The most common abuse happens in marriages in the confines of one's own home. Be it raising a hand on one's spouse without the slightest provocation, or abusing them without their consent, notes Aarti David.
On the sweeping plains at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro, a group of female wildlife rangers is making history by defying patriarchal norms.
'I was too real for the show,' Digangana Suryavanshi tells Rajul Hegde.
'My God, we could win half the world over just by our food alone.'
This Children's Day, groom your child to be financially responsible, says Arun Thukral, MD & CEO, Axis Securities.
