Victoria Sanchez, who created the master bedroom suite in this year’s DC Design House, joined Post staff writer Jura Koncius last week on our Home Front online chat. Here is an edited excerpt: Q: How many pillows do you think is too many to have on your bed? A: ... Read More »

Online MBA courses are steadily gaining a foothold in a world dominated almost exclusively by influential B-schools. These MBAs are a modern spin on distance MBAs—a much-needed spin. As technology grows, its influence in the field of education grows as well and correspondence courses are making a comeback in a ... Read More »

A miserable wife or gloomy husband won’t just get you down – they could also make you ill. A study has shown that having a happy spouse increases a person’s own chances of good health. On the flip side, a glum partner could make you unwell. +2 A miserable wife ... Read More »

How does this system work? A flexi fare system is a pricing method introduced by the Indian Railways on premium trains such as Shatabdi, Duronto and Rajdhani. As per this system, the train fare will increase depending on the demand. Airlines already use this method of pricing. However, this should ... Read More »

Although our names form an integral part of our identity, we do not get to choose them. Young Indian parents are waking up to the weight of this decision. They are putting a lot of effort into research so that they can choose a pleasant, meaningful, and unique name for ... Read More »

tvOS is the operating system software platform that runs on the fourth-gen Apple TV. It’s the Apple TV’s equivalent of iOS on the iPhone or macOS on the Mac; it manages the apps you can install on the device and offers various features of its own. Just as iOS and macOS ... Read More »

Penny Kim, a marketing professional with a short one-month career at a Silicon Valley startup, shared a detailed account of one of the ugliest startup stories we’ve ever heard. Her tale started with a job offer in July of $135,000 a year plus equity, a $10,000 signing bonus for relocation ... Read More »

The decisions reached at the recent Coag energy council meeting are reminiscent of a long series of failures to understand the impacts of powerful business on the health of the community. The failures extend historically from tobacco, to asbestos to the health scourges of coal, and now to the health ... Read More »

When I told people I was going to Puerto Rico, they were jealous. When I told them I booked the trip through Costco, that jealousy transformed into confusion. “You can buy a vacation through Costco?” I was asked at least a dozen times in recent months. My answer: yes, and ... Read More »

What we see, experience and stuff into our suitcase on our annual summer break has an increasing influence on our homes. Holidaymakers return from a pampering stay wanting to recreate the relaxing mood of their time off, from the marble-clad bathrooms to the plates they ate from. And few of ... Read More »

In Bangalore, the year 2015 ended with hopes and expectations rising that the New Year would bring fresh impetus to the flagging real estate sector. The real estate sector in the city was a bit of a mixed bag with the demand for commercial real estate in the city being ... Read More »

Science teaches us a lot about the world, but sometimes it gives us more questions than answers. Our understanding of the natural world is filled with estimates, guesses, and predictions based on a shifting landscape of technology used to measure what’s around us. And as technology has changed, the definition ... Read More »