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By Shalmali Totade Give your interiors a fresh look by bringing in a few potted plants that will bloom indoors No one can ignore the beauty of houseplants— either to beautify house corners or to bring a hint of nature into the home. Much as we find the idea of having house plants , challenging – watering , direct light, indirect light, bugs – you must admit that they add a different mood to your home. Especially now when we’re all working from home and closeted indoors, a little bit of the outdoors within our homes will not come amiss. But these plants do much more than just that. These aesthetic touches to your home could also boost your mood, add colour to your interiors, and build up your gardening skills. We hear many of you say that you kill house plants on a regular basis, that you have a black thumb… So we’ve chosen plants that are easy-to-maintain, plants that will look indoors, and won’t be too demanding. This will also change your status from black thumb to green ... » Learn More about Beautify your home with these house plants

When mainstream politics becomes recklessly instrumental, nothing is spared; even great idols and cultural symbols are trivialised through a process of appropriation in order to manipulate people’s emotions. In the campaign to the Assembly elections in West Bengal, we have been witnessing the competitive game of demonstrating one’s affinity with the icons of Bengal, such as Swami Vivekananda and Rabindranath Tagore. The Bharatiya Janata Party is at pains to demonstrate that it is not a north Indian party; and even if it loves to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’, it understands what the average Bengali bhadralok regards as his ‘cultural capital’. No wonder the leaders of the party, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, often express their close ‘attachment’ to Vivekananda, Tagore and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. Bhadralok consciousness This symbolic politics of cultural appropriation cannot be adequately understood without looking at the consciousness of the Bengali ... » Learn More about The rush to appropriate icons

October 10, 2012 12:53 In a startling break with traditional values, only 29.2 percent of Koreans now feel it is essential to have a son, a survey finds. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family commissioned interviews of 3,500 adults about their gender preferences when it comes to kids. Another 29.2 percent said it is "somewhat important" to have a son, but 41.6 percent do not think it is necessary. Also, only 20.8 percent said they intend to leave a larger inheritance to their sons than their daughters, while 29.7 percent said they are partially inclined to do so and 49.4 percent are against advantaging sons. Asked about men doing household chores, more were in favor than against. Some 62.7 percent of respondents said they like the idea of their sons sharing the workload in the kitchen, and 63.4 percent feel the same way about their sons-in-law. "Stereotypes about the roles of men and women in the house are changing, while the traditional preference for sons has ... » Learn More about Only 30% of Koreans Feel They Must Have Sons