Love is life. To hold onto this love, it is important to promise commitment and dedication. Shrouded in mystery and clad in traditions, Promise Day is an essential part of Valentine’s Week.

The world is full of bizarre events and explanations. However, the one extra day of 2024 is not as bizarre as one might expect. There is fascinating science behind it.

A broken love story, the devotion of a chaste woman, a tale of love and loss, and at last a wife’s agony at losing her husband, led to the establishment of a temple where women gather annually even today and celebrate Attukal Pongala.

India had great rulers in the past. The strong and weak played a game in which many emerged powerful than others. Peshwa Balaji Baji Rao did not emerge as the true Maratha ruler in a vacuum of power but created a space for himself. His death on this day was a shock for many!

Be it the character of Babu Ji in Dil Wale Dulhania Le Jayenge or Mogambo in Mr India, Amrish Puri left a mark in the hearts of the people whenever he came on screen. Today is the birthday of Puri Sahab, who can mould himself into every character he played.

Who should a woman be more dedicated to? Her father or her husband? Jijabai was torn between the two! Her dreams and hopes, however, were fulfilled by the man who was born from her womb. The Rajmata had prepared her son for big deeds.

While the world is about giving and receiving, a few givings are unconditional, something non-existent in a pragmatist society. 14th June is celebrated to honour this unconditional service rendered to society in the form of blood as a gift of life.

While she wasn't born in a royal family, her legacy is certainly one of royalty. This day marks the birthday of Ahilyabai Holkar, one of India's finest female rulers.

With her waist moves her eyes, with her hands her smile, like a snake she twists and like ice she melts, as mountain she holds her poses and as water, she flows - Madhuri Dixit Nene turns 54 today, but is as young as she ever was!

Two beacons of power came face to face when Shivaji came to Aurangzeb's court. This incident would result in one of the most thrilling escapes of Indian history.