No more newspaper-wrapped vada pav: Mumbai street food gets a makeover after Tukaram Mundhe crackdown; viral video shows changes

A vada pav wrapped in old newspaper, brightly coloured Manchurian and a vendor serving food without gloves — these have long been familiar sights on Mumbai’s streets.But a viral video suggests some of that is changing.A content creator recently shared a look at how street food vendors and eateries in Mumbai are cleaning up their…

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Parenting And Resilience: 7-year-old girl falls at the start of a roller-skating race, then does the unthinkable: What her comeback teaches children about resilience

AI-generated representation: ChatGPT A race can be lost in seconds. For seven-year-old Tangtang, it seemed to happen almost immediately. At a roller-skating competition in Wuhan, China, the young skater fell right at the start, while the other children quickly raced ahead. She was suddenly at the back of the pack, with the finish line still…

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Meet Surta Parmar: When a car carrying a couple and their 11-month-old baby plunged into a 10-foot-deep pond in Rajasthan, she jumped in, broke the window and pulled the child out before rescuing the parents

Surta Parmar saving the Yadavs (Instagram) Heroism has no age, no gender, no caste or no nationality. Just a brave heart willing to go to any extent to be a saviour. It was an ordinary day in Dharti Mata village in Rajasthan’s Dungarpur district. Surta Parmar (38) was at home doing her daily chores. It…

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