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Jackson Boxer’s vegetarian recipe for brown butter pumpkin soup

This easy roast pumpkin soup is rich, nutty, Halloween heaven

The Guardian - UK · Oct 24

‘Comfort in a bowl’: porridge hotter than ever as fibremaxxers get their oats

Humble breakfast staple at heart of trend stirred up by health concerns and hearty spoonfuls of nostalgia

The Guardian - UK · Oct 24

Table for one: Could dining alone be the unlikely cure for loneliness?

Eating alone might sound like a lonely business, but what happens when you put your phone away and pay attention to the world around you? Libby Brodie books a table for one and discovers that the best company can sometimes be your own – until someone else pulls up a…

The Independent UK · Oct 24

Sharad Purnima 2026: Why Do People Leave Kheer Under the Moon on October 25?

Imagine a bowl of freshly prepared kheer placed in an open courtyard, with the full moon shining brightly overhead. For many Indian families, this is more than a festive tradition. It is a ritual connected to faith, devotion, and the hope for good health and prosperity.Sharad Purnima is considered an…

MyLifeXP · Oct 24

M Visvesvaraya's Planning Method and the Art of Preventing Problems Early

M Visvesvaraya once designed an automatic flood gate system for the Khadakwasla reservoir that would shut itself before engineers could even reach the control room. He did not wait for a flood to prove the need. The gates were his answer to a question most people had not yet thought…

Times Life · Oct 24

5 Lessons From E Sreedharan on Finishing Work When Everyone Expects a Delay

E Sreedharan once said that the difference between a project that finishes on time and one that doesn't is decided in the first week, not the last. He was describing the Delhi Metro, but the principle applied equally to the Pamban Bridge he rebuilt in 46 days after a cyclone,…

Times Life · Oct 24

What Bhimsen Joshi's Daily Riyaz Teaches About Mastering Any Skill

Pandit Bhimsen Joshi was already a legend when he was still rising before four in the morning to practise scales. Not occasionally. Not during the months before a major performance. Every day, for decades, in the same unhurried way a farmer tends a field he has worked for forty years.…

Times Life · Oct 24

The Dupatta as Workload: What It Really Costs to Wear Two Metres All Day

By the third time you stop mid-sentence to pull the dupatta back onto your shoulder, you have already stopped noticing that you stopped. That is the thing about this particular garment. Its management becomes so automatic it disappears into the body, filed under habit rather than effort. The Physics of…

Times Life · Oct 24

Why the Office Bindi Disappeared and What Was Lost With It

The bindi did not disappear from Indian offices because women stopped believing in it. It disappeared because they started believing something else mattered more, that looking credible meant looking unmarked. The Unwritten Dress Code Nobody Had to WriteNobody sent a memo. No HR policy listed the bindi alongside open-toed shoes…

Times Life · Oct 24

The Woman Who Irons Your Festive Clothes and the Distance Between Two Wardrobes

She arrives before you are fully awake. By the time you come to the kitchen for chai, your Kanjeevaram is already breathing on the hanger, its gold zari catching the early light in a way it never does inside the cupboard. You did not ask her to start with the…

Times Life · Oct 24