If your internet slows down the moment you walk away from the room where the router sits, upgrading your plan will not fix it. The problem is almost certainly the router — specifically, the device your ISP’s technician left behind on the day of installation, chosen for their convenience, not your coverage. The answer: buy…
Author: Chinnagounder Thiruvenkatam Published Date: May 18, 2026 Last-Verified Date: May 18, 2026 The notice arrived on a Tuesday in October. ₹16,800 in additional tax plus interest, for a mismatch between the interest income declared in the ITR and the interest income recorded in the Annual Information Statement. The taxpayer had three fixed deposits. She…
The moisturiser in your bathroom right now is probably wrong for Indian summer. Not because your skin has changed since December – because the humidity has. And what protected your skin from winter dryness is almost certainly what is causing your 10 AM grease, that small collection of bumps on your forehead, and the persistent…
You got a better offer. You accepted. Your last day at the old company is June 30. Your first day at the new company is July 15. In those two weeks – and in the first months at the new job – something is happening to the provident fund you spent three years building. Neither…
According to Counterpoint Research’s India Smartphone Market report published in 2024, the average smartphone upgrade cycle in India has extended beyond four years — up from 3.5 years in 2019. The majority of active Android users in India are using phones that are between two and five years old. This is not a problem in…
You changed the router. Same problem. You called the ISP three times, they ran a line test, said everything was fine on their end, and closed the ticket. You bought a Wi-Fi extender, put it in the hallway, and the drops became less predictable rather than less frequent. You have now spent over ₹3,000 on…
India is the second most sleep-deprived nation in the world, according to a 2019 sleep study published in Science Advances covering 68 countries and 1.1 billion nights of sleep data. The researchers found Indian adults average 6 hours 28 minutes of sleep per night — well below the 7 to 9 hours that the Indian…
You have tried the lemon juice. You have done the curd and besan pack from the reel. You bought the face wash that said “de-tan” on the label. Nothing worked — or if it worked for a day, the skin went back to exactly where it was. If this is your experience, you are not…
₹30,000 per month. That is the salary of a very large segment of India’s working population — junior government employees, entry-level private sector workers, teachers, factory workers, and first-job professionals in tier-2 and tier-3 cities. Most personal finance advice in India is written for people earning ₹60,000 or more. It talks about SIPs of ₹5,000…