Meera Vashisht was working on a science project in her school in Texas last year when she first heard about the Indian government’s move to replace each of the 77 crore existing bulbs with powersaving light-emitting diode (LED) ones.Meera, who was born and brought up in America and is a seventh grader in Sartartia Middle School in Sugar Land, began to think hard: would it be really possible for India’s […]

One of the healing powers in yoga lies in understanding the different chakras or the energy centres in our body and learning to work them in a way that can be advantageous to us. Yes indeed the seven chakras that are there in our body form the core source of confidence, creativity and joy. They are the source of not just effective body functioning but also the basis of systematic […]

#MonalofSushness : Day 10. Monal at age thirty seven fell head over heels in love with her husband’s friend. The families had already known each other for more than five years. Perhaps there is a cupid who choses to act up when he choses to act up. Monal’s feelings were stoked by his acute interest in her. It became evident to them both and none else, or so they thought, […]

Like a guidebook is needed to travel places that tell us the do’s and don’ts.Similarly, ‘Bhagvad Gita’ can be considered as a guide to the human soul. It teaches us how to conduct a meaningful life and attain moksha. When the Pandava prince Arjuna faced a dilemma to fight with his relatives and acquaintances, he turned to his guide Lord Krishna for his valuable advice. And, Krishna preached him the […]

With each welcoming more than 50 million international visitors each year, France, the United States and China dominate the list of most popular countries for travellers. But are the Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty and Great Wall overshadowing other destinations that should be on travellers’ bucket lists?We turned to question-and-answer community Quora.com to find out, asking “Which country is the most underrated?” From a medieval African trading town to a Mediterranean […]

There are reams written on the role a mother plays in building the personality and character of a child. However, fathers too have an equally critical — if not bigger — role to play in a child’s upbringing. This Father’s Day we bring to you a letter written by Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy to his daughter Akshata. The letter has been taken from the author Sudha Menon’s book ‘Legacy: […]

It was a cool rainy day on June 19, 1966, that a frail, young political cartoonist with fiery eyes assembled a loose ‘Army of Shivaji’ and launched the Shiv Sena for espousing the case and cause of ‘sons of the soil’. After many ups and down, mostly the latter, the saffron, ultra-right party is now celebrating the golden jubilee of its founding. A mega-bash is planned on Sunday to mark […]

Ahead of the World Yoga Day on June 21, on Clamorworld we have taken up the initiative to bring in a week of Yoga Awareness. In this series we will talk about the many facets of Yoga, its benefits, the reason why it is more of a way of living rather than a simple weight loss regime. The core purpose of our initiative is to break the many myths around […]

After their heartwarming video about Jhansi resident Amit Tiwari getting his eyesight back after almost 15 years, Google India has released a new short film and it’s just as incredible to watch. Perfectly timed with Father’s Day coming up this Sunday, the short film is about a son trying to convince his dad to move to Mumbai with him after retirement. The hurdle? An oath he swore in his youth. […]

Waking up to who you are is not that hard; it just requires a little faith in free will, suggests a pair of studies. The Texas A&M University researchers found that diminishing a person’s belief in free will leads to them feeling less like their true selves. “Whether you agree that we have free will or that we are overpowered by social influence or other forms of determinism, the belief […]