No friends, zero purpose, poor diet: Nutritionist gives reality check on what happens when you start living like machines. ‘Money loses value when you stop existing’Fast-paced city life in Bengaluru impacts young professionals. Long work hours and digital overload lead to loneliness and poor habits. Man...
15 Apr, 2026, 09.25 PM IST
Bengaluru Drone Expo 2026: Live demos, displays, here’s what visitors can expectDrone Expo 2026 is set to open in Bengaluru on April 17 and 18. The event will highlight the latest unmanned aerial vehicle technologies tr...
13 Apr, 2026, 05.59 PM IST
‘Not just for hustle’: Bengaluru techie cracks code of living life in IT hubA Lucknow-born Bengaluru resident sparked an online conversation by highlighting the city's rich social and cultural life beyond its tech-c...
26 Jan, 2026, 09.37 AM IST
New hobby in town! Bengaluru engineer works as Rapido driver to talk to peopleCorporate employees are known to be often bored and mentally exhausted. While some go for trips or treks to break the monotony, others enga...
27 Jul, 2022, 12.16 PM IST
ClearTax CEO turned chef during lockdown, invested in a kitchen grinderArchit Gupta uses the new grinder for making spice mixes and chutneys.
30 Oct, 2020, 08.34 AM IST
ICICI Venture in talks to buy stake in Micro PlasticsThe company with a revenue of Rs 200 crore earns over 70% of revenue from toy exports to the US, the UK, Europe and Asian countries.
04 Oct, 2018, 11.24 PM IST
Parent-child duos take up new-age activities and hobbies to strengthen bondingHectic work schedules and high-strung urban life does not allow many parents to pursue hobbies independently.
18 Jan, 2018, 03.57 PM IST
Collecting sneakers that tell a story is new hobby for ritzy millennialsSneaker fever, which first went viral in the West with the collaboration of NBA player Michael Jordan and a sportswear brand in 1984, has c...
17 Jan, 2018, 07.40 AM IST
How Bengaluru helped this IT professional pursue his dream in photographyThe year was 2003 when Jayanth Sharma, a web-designer at a mid-sized IT firm in Mysuru, got a job offer from a multinational IT firm in Ben...
05 Jul, 2017, 10.57 AM IST
This young woman from Bengaluru juggles PR & salsa without breaking a sweatOut of sheer boredom, Nidhi Agarwal joined weekend salsa classes in 2006 and it became a passionate alternative career.
19 Apr, 2017, 03.43 PM IST
Meet the ad lensman who owns a McLaren P1 miniature worth Rs 5,20,000Radhakrishnan Nair owns over 400 miniature car models.
12 Dec, 2016, 11.34 AM IST
Reliving childhood! Adults bank on action heroes to cut work stressConvergys' George Samuel keeps aside a sum of Rs 5,000 every month for his bucket list of action figures like superman and etc.
19 Oct, 2016, 07.36 PM IST
From yoga to cooking, these startup founders are perfectly balancing work and playEntrepreneurs like Naveen Tiwari, Greg Morgan and Shashank ND spill what keeps them busy post business hours.
07 Sep, 2016, 11.37 AM IST
Team sports is the best for bonding, believes InMobi founder Naveen Tewari"My family realised that in order to be doing something well, you need to find a balance between work and play. That is how I could cultiva...
23 Aug, 2016, 08.56 AM IST
New breed of engineers turning into teachers at ed-tech startupsIf BiBOX and HobbyMaster are helping kids create solutions, startups like Experifun are into giving a real-life feel to concepts being taug...
08 Jun, 2016, 03.04 AM IST
Fishing helps tech honcho Vivekanand Venugopal bust stressThe 48-year-old angler has since travelled the world -British Columbia, Hawaii and New Zealand -in pursuit of his prized catches.
26 May, 2016, 11.37 AM IST
How hobbies now generate ideas for big starups for people like Srikanth NadhamuniResearch confirms that the more people engaged in their hobbies, the more likely they were to come up with creative solutions to problems a...
04 Jul, 2015, 05.36 AM IST