memories

How has your idea of home changed over the years? Author Manav Kaul (Kunal Patil/ Hindustan Times) The memory of home is so interesting. I live in a fictional world because I write fiction. I am more excited by memories of home and its people than the physical place itself. When I visit the places where I grew up or the places from where I started a career in theatre, I am often disappointed because the memory of those places is so much bigger. In that sense, I carry my home with me. Hindustan Times - your…

The convenience of Polaroid photo printers lies in their simplicity and ease of use. With just a few taps on your smartphone screen, you can select the photos you want to print and watch as they materialize into vibrant, high-quality prints right before your eyes. Whether you're at a family gathering, a birthday party or a scenic vacation spot, a Polaroid photo printer ensures that you can instantly share those special moments with friends and loved ones. Plus, the compact…

Image: AMCAMC’s beloved messy vampire drama will soon return for second bites. In season two of Interview with The Vampire, Louis de Pointe du Lac (Jacob Anderson) continues to recount his life story to Daniel Molloy (Eric Bogosian)— but this time, with his partner Armand (Assad Zaman) chiming in.Why Are Vampires Associated With Queerness?Season two will delve deeper into their journey meeting at the Theatre Des Vampires in Paris, along with Claudia (Delainey Hayles)—and how their love affair in the wake of Louis’ escape…

Choosing the best mini photo printer might be difficult because so many are on the market, each with unique characteristics and abilities. With Bluetooth connectivity and thermal printing technology, these printers provide various choices to meet different needs and tastes. Whether print quality, mobility, or adaptability are your top priorities, a small photo printer can meet your demands. This guide will look at the features, mini photo prints capacity, and user experiences…

This honest and troubled memoir belongs to a genre one may shorthand as I-was-Sinatra’s-valet: how an ordinary day jobber encountered a star and found life glitteringly transformed. Here it’s a 21-year-old hairdresser, Suzi Fussey, living at home with her parents in Bromley, south-east London, and working at a salon in neighbouring (“posher”) Beckenham. One day in 1970 a customer, Mrs Jones, mentions her “artistic” son, David, who plays in a band; the following week, she brings in David’s wife, Angie, who wants a haircut…

Image: Toei AnimationThe world was shocked to learn on Thursday night to learn that Akira Toriyama, creator of the eternally longlasting Dragon Ball franchise, had passed away at the age of 68. Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Has Infectious Good EnergyWhether you were born in the 80s or in the 2000s, you couldn’t not know what Dragon Ball was on some level. In a lot of ways, he’s why anime is the juggernaut as we know it today. The shonen series rose to prominence alongside Toonami in the mid-90s, in turn becoming one of the biggest…

It feels like only yesterday that I poured hours into binge-watching YouTube videos of other people playing through Papers, Please while waiting for it to download so I could play it myself, but to my horror, it actually released more than a decade ago.  I first encountered Papers, Please when Jacksepticeye did his play-through eight years ago (he’s played it again since, four years ago) and immediately rushed to download the game. It appealed to my inner detective, my knack for discovering secrets and my desire to pay…

Google is all about using its  AI prowess to make its services more accessible. Even though it’s been doing this for years, the company seems to always find more ways of doing so. According to a new report, Google Photos will bring an activity-based personalization feature for your Memories In case you don’t know, Memories are the Google Photos equivalent of Snapchat or Instagram stories. They exist on a horizontally scrolling carousel at the top of your Google Photos home feed. When you watch them, you’ll interact with…

Many of us no longer print out photos, or do so only rarely. Printing individual photos and placing them in an album is one way to go, but photo books are a fresher and cleaner-looking option. Creating a photo book can be a bit intimidating, but the range of customization options is nearly endless, and the result is something to be treasured. I’ve created dozens of these photo books using my iPhone over the years. If you spend time with them, you can tell a story with the photos.Of course, you can also tell the story…

In 1989, jewellery maker Tiffany & Co and electronics company Sony released a silver-plated Walkman (complete with a fitted wooden box) to celebrate 10 years of the portable cassette player. Only 250 were made. Several decades on, and long since the cassette Walkman began its slide into obsolescence – outpaced first by the cumbersome Discman and the vibe-less MiniDisc player, then lapped by the iPod and iPhone – you can still find some of these items selling in auctions for hundreds and sometimes thousands of…