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A 75-year-old Chinese woman spends Rs 4.3 crore of her life savings on beauty treatments, including a Rs 5.7 lakh lip tattoo; forced to sell jewellery to pay rentAn elderly woman in China spent her entire life savings on beauty treatments. She paid approximately Rs 4.3 crore for various procedures at...
Bengaluru CA took a Rs 1 crore home loan for 30 years. She shares how Rs 4,000 extra a month could save Rs 42 lakhBengaluru CA Meenal Goel explained how small, consistent home loan prepayments could potentially reduce interest costs significantly. Her p...
In 1915, a Japanese immigrant George Masa moved to Asheville; his photographs later helped build the campaign for Great Samoky Mountains National ParkGeorge Masa, a Japanese immigrant, arrived in Asheville in 1915 and found work at the Grove Park Inn. He later became a photographer and ma...
Meet Enos Mills, a teenager who built his own cabin near Colorado’s Longs Peak; decades later, he helped secure the creation of Rocky Mountain National Park in 1915Enos Abijah Mills developed a lifelong connection with the Rocky Mountains after moving from Kansas to Colorado as a teenager. Although he ...
39-Year-old worked 90 hours a week but could barely pay the bills. Now he makes £50,000 collecting from dumpsterAmir Jardan has turned his dumpster diving venture into a thriving full-time income, raking in about fifty thousand pounds each year from s...
Quote of the day by Tupac Shakur, 'The only thing that comes to a sleeping man is dreams' offers powerful lesson on life, hope, ambition, inner peace, acceptance, bliss, human emotions, natureQuote of the day by Tupac Shakur delivers a memorable motivational lesson about turning dreams into reality: imagination can show us where ...
Quote of the Day by Magic Johnson on health: “The best doctors and medicine in the world can’t save you if...” - Inspiring life lessons on responsibility, discipline and taking actionQuote of the Day by Magic Johnson: “The best doctors and medicine in the world can't save you if you don't do what you're supposed to do” o...
Are you financially smart? Save Rs 20,000 rent by living far from office Vs pay more to save time; but there is one catch to considerA ₹20,000 monthly rent saving may look like a smart financial decision, but a Gurgaon employee’s experience shows why commute costs and los...
His son discovered crores only after his death: Chennai financial advisor shares the money mistake one generation keeps makingChennai-based financial advisor B Padmanaban shared a story about a father who accumulated deposits, investments and properties worth crore...
Quote of the day by Virginia Woolf, 'To depend upon a profession is a less odious form of slavery than to depend upon a father' teaches powerful lesson on financial independence, career, self-reliance, why earning mattersQuote of the day by Virginia Woolf remains powerful because it asks a timeless question: how much control do we have over our own lives? He...
India’s new middle class money problem: Rs 50 lakh net worth by age 30, but he still feels poor. Financial skill issue or mindset problem?A 30-year-old married man and his wife have built a combined net worth of Rs 50 lakh and earn around Rs 2.2 lakh a month, yet he says he st...
Quote of the Day by Bill Gates: "But I hope you’ll spend more time and energy supporting whatever you’re in favour of than opposing..." Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates shares a powerful life lesson on why supporting what you believe in can matter more than constantly opposing what you dislikeQuote of the Day by Bill Gates: Bill Gates' quote "But I hope you’ll spend more time and energy supporting whatever you’re in favor of than...
When urine became medicine: How one bizarre scientific discovery reduced death by bacterial penumonia from 18% to less than 1% during World War IIEven though it may seem strange and uncomfortable to extract medications from urine now, this unorthodox method was vital during World War ...
Gen Z seem richer than they really are, claims Bengaluru man: ‘They splurge Rs 500 on avocado toast but can’t buy…’; studies say it’s not mindless spendingGen Z are more likely to splurge big on treats such as avocado toasts and matcha tea than buy a home or a car. This is not just mindless bu...
- ₹2.5 lakh salary but 84% vanishes before month starts: 29-year-old married Bengaluru professional shares what looks like a story of every third corporate worker
Despite a monthly income of ₹2.5 lakh, a Bengaluru professional finds himself under financial pressure due to hefty EMIs and credit card pa...
Adversity, The DelivererA story from Hanuman Ansh illustrates a timeless lesson: adversity demands action, not surrender. Drawing on the Aitareya Brahmana’s “Chara...
She became a successful runner at 60, won her first marathon without shoes, and burnt her feet... all of which she did for love. Who is Lata Bhagwan Kare?She had no training. No running shoes. No proper running equipment or uniform. Lata Bhagwan Kare started running not to fulfil a childhood ...
Quote of the day by Erich Fromm: ‘Modern man thinks he is losing time when he does not do things quickly. Yet he does not know what to do with the time he gains except kill it’ - German psychoanalyst on how living in a constant rush can drain usQuote of the Day by Erich Fromm: The Erich Fromm quote reflects on how people in modern society constantly hurry to save time, yet often st...
The untold story of Ullas Karanth, the man who spent a life saving India's tigersK Ullas Karanth left engineering for the wild, answering the jungle's call. He pursued wildlife science, a nascent field in India at that t...
Gen Z and homeownership: Has the aspiration of this generation to be a homeowner disappeared?Gen Z is not rejecting homeownership. It is becoming more deliberate about the financial equation behind it. For this generation, a sensibl...