Ask ten Indian motorists which petrol pump they trust the most, and you’ll probably get ten different answers. Some will never fill anywhere except Indian Oil. Others insist that BPCL gives better mileage. Many swear by HPCL, while car enthusiasts often recommend Shell. More recently, Reliance has also gained attention,...
Switzerland sits in the middle of Europe with no coastline, no oil, no gold mines, and almost no useful minerals. Most of its land is steep mountains where farming is hard. By every old rule of economics, it should have stayed poor. Yet today it is one of the richest...
Next month I turn 49. Forty-nine. Just one year away from the magical number where people suddenly start saying things like, “Age is just a number.” Funny how nobody says that when you’re 19 waiting for your driving license. When I was 20, I had life all figured out. By...
In recent months, videos of Indian tourists performing garba dances at airports, metro stations, and famous international landmarks have gone viral. While some people viewed these acts as a celebration of Indian culture, others criticized them as disruptive, inappropriate, and inconsiderate of public spaces. The controversy has triggered a much...
Every few months a new story spreads that Dubai is quietly falling apart. The towers are emptying, the boom is over, the desert dream is fading. It is a tempting story to believe. It is also wrong. And because it is wrong, it hides the danger that actually matters. Let...
What It Is The Freedom Ship is a proposed floating city designed to permanently house up to 80,000 people. It would be a nuclear-powered vessel nearly a mile long that slowly circles the globe, completing one full trip around the world roughly once every two to three years. The people...
Deep in the desert state of Rajasthan, India lies one of India’s most mysterious places — Bhangarh Fort. Popularly called “India’s most haunted fort,” Bhangarh has become a mix of history, folklore, fear, tourism, and viral ghost stories. But what is the real story behind it? Is it actually declared...
Inspired by a viral post, expanded for the city’s real residents — solo, partnered, or parented. A Bengaluru man named Akshay recently went viral for sharing seven tweaks that helped him cut his monthly burn without torturing his lifestyle. The internet nodded. Then went back to ordering on Swiggy at...
You finally land in Bali. Or Dubai. Or Thailand. Or Switzerland after years of seeing it only through Instagram reels and YouTube vlogs. You check into your hotel. The ocean view looks unreal. You order a smoothie bowl, click photos for stories, and when the bill arrives, the waiter asks...
Retire at 55 or Regret at 75? For decades, middle-class India was taught one formula: Study hard. Get an IT job. Take loans. Buy a flat. Raise children. Retire quietly. Wait for pension and medicines. But somewhere between endless Zoom calls, shifting night schedules, cholesterol reports, traffic jams, and corporate...
