The Israel-Gaza conflict continues making headlines worldwide, with significant developments emerging almost daily. Climate activist Greta Thunberg recently found herself at the centre of controversy after Israeli forces detained and subsequently deported her during an October 2025 Gaza aid flotilla mission. She later alleged mistreatment during detention. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump has struck a … Read more
If you’re studying architecture right now, you’re stepping into the field at a moment when buildings can’t just look good or keep the rain out. They need to flex with earthquakes, shrug off floods, and give communities a fighting chance when everything else falls apart. Today is World Architecture Day 2025, and this year’s theme … Read more
A leopard killed a dog near the Mumbai railway platform during rush hours. Commuters everywhere, screaming and running for their own lives. The leopard wasn’t rabid. Neither confused. It was hunting the way its ancestors always hunted, except the forest had turned to concrete and the prey wore collars. Similarly, troops of monkeys from Sanjay … Read more
Last week, I met Trisha. A wonderful woman who happens to be a single mother. And when she started telling me about her daughter Emma, I could see her tearing up. Emma was three at the time. One of those painfully shy kids who wouldn’t even look at you, let alone say hello. Trisha expressed … Read more
When Spotify crashed on October 3rd because too many people tried to stream a Taylor Swift album at once, my first thought was “that can’t be real.” But here’s one thing about Swifties that I’ve learned, they don’t do anything halfway. Over a thousand users reported app failures. Five million people had pre-saved the album … Read more
The stands are packed, the stumps are flying, and history is being written by women on cricket pitches across the globe. The 2025 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup kicked off just days ago, and if you’re only trusting mainstream sports coverage, or worse, AI summaries, you’re missing the FULL story. While headlines chase scorecards and … Read more
There’s a special kind of person who sets three alarms for International Coffee Day. They’re not trying to wake up early. They’re already awake, having mentally mapped every free coffee promotion within fifteen miles. They are the ones who can discern a pour-over from a French press blindfolded, who have named their espresso machine, and … Read more
Every September 30th marks International Translation Day, but the 2025 theme, “Powered by Human Thought,” carries an unusually urgent weight. This isn’t just a celebration of language, it’s a direct response to a landscape increasingly marked by automated failures. Consider the case from UK hospitals, where between 2018 and 2022, the reliance on tools like … Read more
Today marks World Heart Day 2025. Right now, as you’re reading this, your heart is beating roughly 100,000 times today alone. There’s never been a more critical time to pay attention to this life-sustaining organ. With the theme “Don’t Miss a Beat”, this year’s campaign carries an urgency that’s impossible to ignore. Consequently, 1 in … Read more
It’s high time we need to talk about the state of Bollywood journalism. Everyone’s still processing yesterday’s Delhi High Court smackdown. The court rejected Sameer Wankhede’s defamation lawsuit against Aaryan Khan and his Netflix series “The Ba****ds of Bollywood.” Media frenzy surrounding the case has often clouded the simple facts of the ruling, leaving many … Read more