• 30 July 2025
The Price of Survival in Gaza Soaring Costs of Food and Essential Items Amid Blockade

In Gaza the cost of survival has soared beyond imagination. Families face astronomical prices for basic food water fuel and medicine. The economy has collapsed under a tight blockade and insecurity. With

  • 29 July 2025
Why Are We Uncomfortable Watching Two People Kiss on Screen?

It is a scene as old as cinema itself. Two people fall in love, emotions build, and they kiss. In most parts of the world, this is an unremarkable moment, a storytelling device as ordinary as a monologue or a song.

  • 25 July 2025
IORA Championing the Enduring Beauty of Block Print in Contemporary Fashion

In a world that’s constantly evolving, certain traditions remain quintessentially timeless, like slipping into a breezy, beautiful, comfortable, hand-block print garment, the perfect choice for the

  • 23 July 2025
The Healing Brew Different Teas and Their Health Benefits

Tea, one of the world’s oldest and most beloved beverages, has been cherished for its flavour, aroma, and therapeutic properties for centuries. From ancient Chinese medicine to British afternoon tea rituals, this

  • 22 July 2025
Did Shah Rukh Khan Really Get Injured on the Set of King? Untangling Rumours and Reality

Over the past week, Bollywood fans across the world have been caught in a storm of speculation surrounding Shah Rukh Khan

  • 22 July 2025
Is LinkedIn the New Dating App?

Once strictly a digital space for professional networking, LinkedIn now finds itself at an unexpected crossroads.

  • 22 July 2025
And Just Like That (2025) The Legacy of Sex and the City Rewritten Once More

When Sex and the City first aired in 1998, it changed the way women, friendships, and relationships were portrayed on television.

  • 21 July 2025
ColdplayGate When a Kiss Cam Moment Shook the Tech Executive World

On the night of July 16, 2025, at a Coldplay concert held at Boston’s Gillette Stadium, a seemingly innocuous Kiss Cam segment triggered a firestorm. A video clip quickly went viral showing Andy Byron, CEO of data‑analytics firm Astronomer, in an intimate embrace with Kristin Cabot, the company’s Head of HR. As the Jumbotron focused on them, Cabot gasped and covered her face; Byron ducked behind a seat in a moment captured and shared millions of

  • 21 July 2025
Why Is It Taboo to Talk About Sex in South Asian Culture?

In much of South Asia, stretching across India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and beyond, discussions around sex remain largely taboo. Despite the region’s historical contributions to understanding human sexuality (the Kamasutra originated in India, after all), the modern reality is starkly different. For many in these societies, sex is cloaked in silence, discomfort, and even shame. But why does this cultural silence persist?

  • 18 July 2025
Putting Sri Lanka on the Global Cocktail Map

Nestled within a serene coconut grove overlooking Pehembiya Bay in Dikwella, Smoke & Bitters has quietly redefined Sri Lanka’s hospitality scene. From its humble beginnings in 2020, this

  • 17 July 2025
Lab-Grown Diamonds Reshaping the Diamond Industry and Retail Space

Lab-grown diamonds, also known as synthetic or cultured diamonds, are created in controlled laboratory environments using two primary methods: High Pressure High Temperature (HPHT) and Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD). Both processes mimic the natural conditions under which diamonds form in the earth, resulting in stones that are optically, physically, and chemically identical to mined diamonds. Unlike diamond simulants such as cubic zirconia or m

  • 16 July 2025
Johann Peries Becomes the First Sri Lankan to Conquer The Seven Summits

Johann Peries, Sri Lanka’s pioneering mountaineer, has etched his name into history as the first Sri Lankan to complete the world’s most prestigious mountaineering challenge – the Seven Summits. By

  • 14 July 2025
EPISODE EIGHT Astrology Meets Inner Alignment Priscila Lima de Charbonnieres on the Hak It Podcast

In the latest episode of the Hak It podcast, host Sakshi Chhabra Mittal, Founder and CEO of FoodHak, sits down with Priscila Lima de Charbonnieres, the visionary behind Soulloop, for a thought-provoking conversation that blends astrology, self-awareness, and holistic well-being. Together, they explore how ancient wisdom, and modern technology can intersect to help us live more intentional, aligned lives.

  • 9 July 2025
From Dreams to Billions The World’s Biggest Lottery Winners and Lotteries

Lotteries are one of the few institutions that can transform a person’s life in an instant. A small flutter, a slip of paper, a handful of numbers, and suddenly, someone is catapulted into

  • 8 July 2025
Chasing the Sun Europe’s Most Alluring Summer Destinations

As the sun climbs higher and days stretch lazily into golden evenings, Europe comes alive in the summer.

  • 8 July 2025
The Power of Now

In a world constantly racing toward tomorrow, the idea of slowing down to embrace the present can feel both radical and liberating.

  • 3 July 2025
Crass Culture Catastrophes

I truly and with genuine honesty wish that before people claim to be drawing from ‘culture’ they actually use the (free) Webster›s dictionary online to educate themselves on the meaning of ‹culture.

  • 2 July 2025
A Spectacle in the Floating City

From June 26 to June 28, 2025, Venice, Italy, became the backdrop for one of the most talked-about wedding events in recent memory: the union of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and media

  • 24 June 2025
Beyond Bollywood : A Celebration of India’s Rich and Diverse Regional Cinemas

India is not just the land of Bollywood. With its multilingual, multicultural landscape, the Indian film industry is a vast and vibrant universe made up of many parallel galaxies, each with its own language, audience, storytelling style, stars, and cinematic legacy.