How long should guests have to RSVP for weddings? Ideally, the RSVP date should fall three to four weeks before the wedding, and the wedding invitation should be mailed six to eight weeks prior to the wedding. “This way, it’s close enough that your guests feel like they can’t put it off, yet it’s not so close that… Read More »
What’s more adorable than a baby animal? A baby animal trying to take its first steps. These cute critters get up and get going very early.Human babies need almost constant care during their first few years of life. Most animals, however, become independent far earlier. Some—called precocial animals—can even walk and feed themselves shortly after they’re born.The word precocial is… Read More »
Mecca, Arabic Makkah, ancient Bakkah, city, western Saudi Arabia, located in the Ṣirāt Mountains, inland from the Red Sea coast. It is the holiest of Muslim cities. Muhammad, the founder of Islam, was born in Mecca, and it is toward this religious centre that Muslims turn five times daily in prayer (see qiblah). All devout and able Muslims attempt a hajj (pilgrimage) to Mecca at least… Read More »
Do women really want equality? It’s a question I think every one of us needs to ask ourselves. Because frankly I don’t think many of us do, not real equality anyways. Feminists would have us believe that life is so much worse for women than men, that we are weak and the “patriarchy” is against us, and therefore we deserve all… Read More »
Fun fact frenzy The world (nay, the universe) is a weird, wacky, fascinating place. If you’re looking for a few (or more than a few) bits of random trivia to share with your friends or just boost your own arsenal of knowledge, we’ve got fun facts galore—about food, animals, geography, famous people and inventions, and everything in between. Stump your… Read More »
Magic wives. We should have our own show. Married to a Magician means surprises around every corner. Some moments it’s a simple card flourish. Other times JD is making the baby disappear. It keeps life interesting, but the curtain never falls on this show. Spouses are the standard first audience when a magician is working on something new… Read More »
The Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training on Tuesday announced the schedule for school reopening across Punjab. An official notification in this regard was also issued. As reported by Geo News, the 25th meeting of the Inter-Provincial Education Ministers Conference (IPEMC) was jointly held with the Healthy Ministry and the National Command Operations Centre (NCOC) during which the… Read More »
We often hear speakers in Friday prayer or in admonitions talking about Paradise and all of us find our hearts, minds and thoughts tuned on to that ‘frequency’. However, majority of the speakers talk about Paradise as if it were a house for men only. Reality is not like that. Paradise is for the believing men and women.… Read More »
We live in a time of unprecedented access to information. And in this era of sheltering-in-place around the nation and the globe, the desire for news may be higher than ever — at least for some people. But do we really want all this information, all the time?Some may indeed prefer to think happier thoughts and maintain an… Read More »
Bullock carts were one of the earliest and most popular modes of transport in 19th- and early-20th-century Singapore. They served a variety of purposes such as travelling and transportation of goods.1 From 1867 onwards, such carts were slowly phased out with rising levels of traffic and the advent of mechanised transport. In the early days of tampons in Singapore,… Read More »