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The arrival of an newborn baby is a blessed occasion for parents. The excitement of caring for their new human and the joy of a growing family is extremely potent for parents for the first few weeks. But as time progresses, that excitement can fade into drudgery thanks to sleep deprivation, stress, and hormonal changes. And when parents also start with unrealistic expectations of infancy, raising a baby can feel increasingly difficult and thankless.The reality is that just like everything else in parenting, raising an infant is no picnic. Going into parenting a baby with a realistic understanding of what to...

Slime is one of those wonderful toys we ALL loved when we were younger. You know the stuff: the thick, stretchy slime that came in those little plastic barrels. You can stretch it, throw it at your friends, stick it to walls and surfaces, and smack your brothers with it (some of us figured this particular use out early on). You can find slime at pretty much any toy shop or novelty store, and it can provide you (or, you know, your KIDS) hours of fun. But why buy when you can just make your own? You'll find that making...

Paneer is a dense (and delicious) cheese eaten in India and other Southeast Asian countries. (Kanwardeep Kaur/Unsplash/)I came to terms with my lactose intolerance two years ago, after an encounter with a grilled cheese sandwich in my college dining hall gave me a night to remember. But one of my biggest regrets in having to quit dairy for life is that I never tried a cheese that wasn’t from France, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, or the US. In my mind, cheese was either fancy and European, or fast food and American—never anything in between. And yet, there’s a whole world of...

If you want to move a ball from one place to another, you have several options. You could roll it. You could bounce it. Or you could lob the thing. Any of these tactics would move the object along. But none would be nearly as fun—or as delightfully, needlessly complicated—as nudging it through a Rube Goldberg machine. These homemade gizmos, named for the 20th-century cartoonist and inveterate tinkerer, are thrillingly convoluted chain reactions. They’re spectacularly inefficient and superlatively mesmerizing; that’s the whole point. They’re also a great way to grease your mental gears if you’re spending a lot of time...

Since the beginning of human consciousness, man has been worshiping Nature in its various forms. Humankind in its imagination manifested many forms of Nature. And found bliss in expressing his gratitude towards nature. As times passed, Man used the commodities available from nature to worship the divine form of God. This was directly or indirectly linked with the flora and fauna. Phool Bangla is one such celebration of nature. Phool Bangla at Radha Raman Temple ( Image – Temple FB Page) In India, almost everything available from nature has been regarded as the most pious offering to God. The flowers...