Breaking taboos
A businessman in India has invited 18000 widows to his son’s weddings in order to gain their blessings and break a social stigma. Having widows […]
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Fresh air to the Chinese elite
China is the world’s biggest polluter of carbon emissions. So much so that Beijing has recently issued a level four red alert (the highest possible)
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Xu’s mini vehicle
Xu Zhiyun is sixty and drives his home-made motorised mini-vehicle along a street in Shanghai. He spent two year to make this mini vehicle with
The origins of Bonsai
The miniature trees known as ‘Bonsai’ have been widely regarded as coming from Japanese culture however their origins are now widely accepted as beginning in
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Ground coffee – fertiliser
Did you know used coffee grounds when added to compost, decomposes and mixes with organic matter to form a more nourishing soil? Coffee grounds can
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Microwave filth
Is your microwave greasy or splattered with food? Here’s a solution. Place a kitchen sponge soaked well with water in the microwave. Cook on high
Sunflower
Sunflower is actually thousands of tiny flowers in itself. If you were ever to look closely at the centre of a sunflower head, you would
Kala Namak or Himalayan Black Salt
Kala Namak or the Himalayan black salt is an unrefined volcanic rock salt. Despite its name, it appears brownish purple in rock form due to
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South Korea tackles suicides
South Korea has the second highest suicide rate in the world with 29.1 Koreans committing suicide out of every 100,000. The Korean Neuropsychiatric Association found
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Maori language a part of daily life
Auckland City in New Zealand’s North Island is attempting to revive its second national language: Te Reo Maori. Before colonisation, Maori was the language spoken
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