The fight for freedom was long and hard and that is why it is important to go back to the monuments that celebrate those who fought the good fight.
Mahalaya, though essentially about the goddess, wasn't religious for us. And it isn't for most Bengalis. Mahalaya is an emotion. It's gooseflesh for a memory. A welling up of happy tears. A celebration of what is to come.
This doctor couple put their faith in India. And in return India has put faith in them.
Stanford student Nitya Kanuri believes that a phone-based, anxiety assessment app built in the US can help Indian students manage their stress levels better.
Odisha's Health and Family Welfare Minister Naba Kishore Das died of bullet injuries on Sunday, Apollo Hospital officials said.
It is necessary to take your memory loss seriously, warns Dr Madhuri Behari.
'No matter how big the name, no one lives forever; like medicines, we come with an expiry date.' 'But, in the short time that we have, we try to make something that will stay on long after we are gone.'
Investing in your wellness shows that you honour and love yourself, says Lifestyle Coach Shivli Bembey.
In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
The dinner Jill Biden and her husband US President Joe Biden hosted for Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, June 22, at the White House brought together, Indians and Americans from so many firmaments.
Did you know that a food security officer in a leading company can earn upto $84,000 a year by just protecting data?
Kapil Dev's historic World Cup win wasn't the only highlight of 1983. Sukanya Verma looks back how the year treated Bollywood.
A look at the top tweets from favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'If a doctor is kind of trying to say that there's an urgency, relatives should definitely get a second opinion.'
Almost everyone in Gorakhpur has a story about an Adityanath intervention that helped push through a piece of work that would've been otherwise impossible.
'In many cases, I didn't take money because the Indian students had run out of cash.' 'The biggest high was the blessings that these students's parents used to give me on the phone or send messages thanking me on WhatsApp.'
A daughter's ode to her mother.
Travel smart, carry essential items and enjoy the local sights, says Alisha Shirodkar.
Films that amazed Aseem Chhabra at the El Gouna Film Festival in Egypt.
A copious amount of blood, beating, crying, saving, sacrificing, nationalism fills up its staggering three hours running time. Emotions run sky high, but you feel nothing, sighs Sukanya Verma.
We live in a world where we crave appreciation. We need to learn to appreciate ourselves instead of waiting for others to appreciate us.
In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
Rathika Ramaswamy's love affair with wildlife photography began in 2003, when she took pictures of birds at the Bharatpur bird sanctuary. That love affair -- captured in her lens -- bloomed! And how!
Vibha Harish is trying to create long-lasting health through natural forms of nutrition.
Vijai Kumar Sharma from Jaipur shares his lovely story.
Dr Anthony Fauci has been named as Chief Medical Adviser to the President on COVID-19, while Dr Rochelle Walensky has been named as Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith as COVID-19 Equity Task Force Chair.
An excerpt from Conde Nast India's Make In India magazine.
The world was in a "sheer shock" in the past few months due to the coronavirus pandemic but BCCI president Sourav Ganguly is confident that life will be back to normal once the vaccine for the virus is developed. Ganguly believes once the vaccine is out, the virus will be like any other health issues like flu or jaundice but with a cure.
Joyce Sombroek, 29, is a practicing GP and says that with the outbreak of the Coronavirus, we currently find ourselves in a very special situation, as she treats patients affected by the virus.
General Surindar Bhaskar served as the 17th chief of the US Army Dental Corps.
After a lifetime of showing us what it means to 'act at the top of one's bent and never hit a false note', Mammootty had the good sense, in the third act of his career, to pare down his style, become less mannered, draw directly from life. And getting a performer like that to play characters who seem 'completely dead inside', is, in my view, a betrayal of his legacy, his still-burning ambition, and his still-sharp feelers, observes Sreehari Nair.
When you know you've done your best, you are likely to feel more relaxed and confident that you will be safe, says Aayushi Lakhapati.
Milk, turmeric, millet and nuts are important source of nutrients for your body, says Ritika Samaddar.
A lot of Indian cricketers have been doing their bit, ranging from making financial donations to helping people procure essential medical care.
'Just waiting outside the prison gate, thinking that your mother is inside those walls even though you know she is innocent, affects your psyche.'
Embrace a daily sport. Cook and eat your meals with love. Ditch the pills. Hydrate well.
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