Lifestyle

They say travelling is worth more than money ever will be, and who knows this better than wayfarers who can never hold themselves back from going on excursions. Exploring new places and cultures is the norm for them. But, the hustle of applying for a visa and waiting for it […]

Rather than being victims of online harms, such as an unhealthy body image obsession, teenage boys are able to use humour, irony and banter to navigate social media content, a new research found. “The evidence from teenage boys indicated that you can be a gymlad if you’re ‘ripped’, with a toned gym […]

When the brochure of our hotel said that it was located 100 metres from the train station, I groaned. We had been travelling for over seven hours on an unusually warm day with the train air-conditioning behaving quite weird. And, thanks to the translation problem (the ticket guys at Praha hlavní nádraží […]

The world is observing the 31st National Coming Out Day on Friday, which marks an occasion to celebrate one’s sexuality as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) and accept one and all as an ally. The day celebrates the power of living openly as a LGBTQ community and was established […]

Thailand’s southern beaches lure travellers with their turquoise water and dramatic limestone cliffs, but there’s more to explore in the Southeast Asian country that’s one of the world’s most popular destinations. For a Thai road less travelled, try one of these getaways outside Bangkok, far from the overly Instagrammed backpacker hotspots or […]

The Louvre opened a new sprawling art conservation center Tuesday some 200 kilometers from Paris to protect the museum’s priceless artworks from its flood-prone storage reserves. The Louvre Conservation Center in Lievin, northern France, will help protect valuable works from the swelling Seine River as major floods grow more frequent and the […]

It’s the kind of shot every Instagram connoisseur yearns for: century-old railway tracks cutting through dusty backstreets, flanked by tourists drinking beer or iced tea mere inches from the slow-moving trains. The sight has become such a draw in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi that authorities have set a weekend deadline for the removal […]

In its purest form, dating is auditioning for mating! -Late American talk show host Joy Browne had exclaimed while talking about her dating experience in the 1990s. Her words are relevant even today and they explain precisely what dating is all about for a vast majority. Living in an era where one can easily strike […]

Beauty seems to have found a new address in Oman’s capital Muscat, where modernity walks hand in hand with tradition, lending a unique idiom and flavour to the city. Visit some of the exquisite mosques, forts, well-stacked museums, and bustling souqs. Located just 2.5-3 hours away from India, Muscat is well connected via […]

Anticipating your own performance at work or school may hinder your pre-performance memory. Also, the presence of an audience may be an important contributory factor to the deficit, suggests a study. The study was published in the Journal of Memory and Language. “Performance anticipation could weaken memory because people tend […]

The Museum of the Bible in Washington quietly replaced an artifact purported to be one of a handful of miniature Bibles that a NASA astronaut carried to the moon in 1971 after an expert questioned its authenticity. The move follows an announcement last year that at least five of 16 […]