life

How to come to terms with letting go of your childhood dreams

This guide seeks to offer a direction to navigate the harsh reality of letting go of your childhood dreams.

Life skills children should know by age 10

A burning debate that has been making the rounds recently is that only a handful of people will ever need the principles of algebra in their lives, but everyone will need to do their taxes at some point. Schools cannot and should not have to teach crucial life skills to children because those are best learned under the loving guidance of guardians. Even if 10 is too early to learn how to do complex calculations, there are a good number of basic life skills every child should know by the end of the first decade of their lives. Here’s what child-development experts, career planners and business leaders recommend:

Treating life as a transitional period

Is life all about transitioning from one goal to another?

When parents get better at parenting, but for your younger siblings

Parents can be nicer to younger siblings as they learn the art of parenting, but how does that make you feel?

The way we hide our lives from our parents

We’re used to presenting an obedient yet cheerful mask of who we are.

Growing up not being a sports fan

Growing up, when your interests do not align with the rest of the crowd, you begin to feel more like an outsider.

COVER STORY / Women who travel

Doubts, risks, and the joy in exploration.

For Those Who Feel They’re Falling Behind

It is completely fine to live life on your own terms.

What Fuels Your Fear of Failure?

Do you often quit if you don't excel at something immediately?

July 15, 2021
July 15, 2021

What Fuels Your Fear of Failure?

Do you often quit if you don't excel at something immediately?

July 8, 2021
July 8, 2021

How Does Social Media Affect Your Spotlight Effect?

Spoiler alert. The world does not revolve around you.

July 16, 2016
July 16, 2016

Maradona TV series planned

Diego Maradona's larger-than-life exploits are coming to the small screen, producers say on Thursday.

January 12, 2016
January 12, 2016

The piece of land which was once a raging river Teesta

Man-made intervention in the upstream turns Teesta a wild river in monsoon and a desert in winter.

October 17, 2015
October 17, 2015

Frozen child: The youngest person to be cryogenically preserved (video)

A two-year-old Thai girl became the youngest person to be cryogenically frozen, preserving her brain moments after death in the hope that she will one day be brought back to life.

September 8, 2015
September 8, 2015

Nicole Kidman doesn't miss Hollywood

Actress Nicole Kidman insists she doesn't miss "the Hollywood life" because she's never been interested in fame.

July 1, 2015
July 1, 2015

Rajabazar in hell (video)

Rajabazar dwellers in Dhaka face intolerable sufferings due to the ongoing construction works of sewage system, which has continued for months.

June 10, 2015
June 10, 2015

3 easy ways to spot liars (video)

Have you ever had an experience where you knew someone was lying but you weren’t sure enough to call them out on it, only to find out later that you were right all along?

March 25, 2015
March 25, 2015

Mars has Nitrogen, key to life: NASA

NASA's team Curiosity Rover has found nitrogen on the surface of Mars which is a significant discovery that adds to evidence the Red Planet could once have sustained life, the space agency said.

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