By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata, Sep 19 (IANS/Mongabay) They may be microscopic in size, but bacterioplankton steer major carbon cycling and food webs in aquatic ecosystems. Bacterioplankton are the bacterial component of plankton that live in…
By Ajeyo Basu New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) Ever since she was a kid, Hima Das woke up every morning before the crack of dawn and would go to the local grazing ground in a…
By Sheikh Qayoom Srinagar, Sep 16 (IANS) As turtle doves and pigeons compete with each other to the accompaniment of cicada’s flattering music to pick the fallen grain left behind in paddy fields after harvesting,…
By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata, Sep 14 (IANS/Mongabay) Millions of people residing in the lower reaches of the Ganga basin in India may face food shortage in the next three decades if the much revered river…
By Mayank Chhaya Chicago, Sep 13 (IANS) With his first three-year term as a Member of Parliament in New Zealand behind him, Mumbai-born Mahesh Bindra is biding his time for the next phase of his…
By Tridib Baparnash New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) From digging wells to selling onions to working in a petrol pump to representing India at the Rio Olympics while his mother was in a coma, India’s…
By Jaideep Sarin Chandigarh, Sep 10 (IANS) Amritsar has always been famous for its rich food, but when international-level chefs descend on this Sikh holy city next month to fill the city with the aroma…
By Sanu George Vadakara (Kerala), Sep 9 (IANS) When 23-year-old Majiziya Bhanu took to the stage to compete in the women’s segment of the Mr Kerala competition in Kochi earlier this year, all eyes were…
By Mudita Girotra Koktebel (Crimea), Sep 9 (IANS) Jazz — a genre with the ability to embrace varied cultures — has evolved exponentially in the past century-and-a-half and is today a major form of musical…
Mumbai, Sep 5 (IANS) Ten outstanding Indian novels in English along with translations from Indian languages by veterans as well as debut authors were longlisted on Wednesday for the Rs 25 lakh JCB Prize for…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) South Asian countries may be in the late league of nations joining the bandwagon of literary prizes — the likes of Booker and Pulitzer prizes are many…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) If the ultimate test of good cooking is how easily mutton comes off the bone, the tony Indian Accent here, set amongst waterbodies and immense greenery, is…
By Nivedita Singh New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) When Roshan Lal, a 40-year-old rickshawpuller, got his son Rakesh admitted to a government school in Delhi, all he wanted for him was to get a decent…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) As a child, Shubhangi Swarup, who has set off a whisper in the contemporary fiction space with her debut novel “Latitudes of Longing”, was fascinated by the…
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, Sep 2 (IANS) Star hotel chefs are of two kinds — one who turns adventurous at the request of a guest who says he is game for new dishes, and the…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Read about the war that moms fight in raising their kids; know the secret dramas that unfold inside the courtroom in a crime thriller; and finally get an insight into…
By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) It is said that “once a cesarean, always a cesarean”. It is commonly believed that a woman who has undergone a c-section delivery will have to opt…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) At first glance, it looked like an oversized brown puff bloated at the centre. Then, Executive Chef Simran Singh Thapar gently sliced away at the edges and…
By Shreya Das Greater Noida (UP), Aug 29 (IANS) The mere mention of Italian cuisine brings to mind the aroma of fresh herbs, savoury soft cheese, homemade pasta and Margherita pizza accompanied with some quality…
By Brij Khandelwal Agra, Aug 28 (IANS) In the race for a Smart City tag, heritage structures in Agra are under threat, stakeholders say. The haphazard growth of urban clusters encroaching on the free space…