By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) From a surge in community dining experiences to increasing use of seasonal and indigenous produce, Buddha bowls to floral flavours in food and drinks, to an exponential…
By Mudita Girotra Alakhpura (Haryana), April 29 (IANS) About four years ago, 15-year-old Anyabai won Rs 54,000 when she led her school team to victory in a state-level football match. The prize money was more…
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, April 27 (IANS) Black buns, bamboo biryani, chocolate bombs and the novelty of popping in a liquid nitrogen-cured pill-sized macaroon that would make one’s mouth literally spew white vapour are some…
By Nury Vittachi Useful tip: Guys, end every sentence you speak to a woman with, “But I could be wrong”. This saves time. Example: “Good morning! But I could be wrong!” That thought was inspired…
By Mudita Girotra New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The serene city of Amritsar never fails to impress you with the richness of its splendid delicacies with an abundance of diary products like milk, cheese and…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) What with farmers’ suicides and protests, there is currently a lot of talk about an agrarian crisis — as well as a renewed interest in lives lived…
By Kushagra Dixit New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) She was often hailed as the “Tiger Queen”, and was easily the world’s most documented and famous feline. But what made Machli unique was that she helped…
By Jaideep Sarin Amritsar (Punjab), April 22 (IANS) If there is one big leveller for people, irrespective of their religion, caste, gender, social status or riches, it is the “langar”, or community kitchen, at the…
By Azera Parveen Rahman Naliya (Kutch), April 20 (IANS) Wiry shrubs and clumps of brown-green fill the semi-arid landscape of Kutch in western India. Many of these patches have, over the years, made way for…
By Nury Vittachi Shopkeeper: “Will you be paying by credit card, EPS, Apple Pay, debit card, Google Pay, Bitcoin or sacrifice of your first-born?” Me: “Uh, do you take cash? No? Okay, I guess it’s…
By Parul Soni Noida, April 19 (IANS) Fancy a quick bite and devilishly sinful chocolate shake? Then drop by Pahmos — a tiny, trendy cafe that offers a tempting spread of global fusion cuisine for…
By Bappaditya Chatterjee Kolkata, April 17 (IANS) Amid problems of a fund crunch, shortage of workers and rising cost of production, Darjeeling’s tea planters are keeping their fingers crossed for a relatively “better season” with…
By Imran Khan Patna, April 15 (IANS) Kamla Devi, Pankaj Kumar, Geeta Devi and Sanjay Singh, all Hindus, share one thing in common. Their lives have been transformed through “interest-free” loans provided by a Muslim…
ATTN Editors: Oxford University Press will be launching “Ashis Nandy: A Life in Dissent” on April 16. It’s a reflection on his life work as a thinker, by noted social scientists, humanists, a novelist, and…
By Nury Vittachi A woman said recently that her dead husband had returned to their home reincarnated as a young cow. It behaves just like him, said Khim Hang, 74, from the Kratie province of…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) A classical Greek tragedy exploring the aftermath of war, retold in a theatre production; a play that is set against the backdrop of social stratification and pseudo-nationalism;…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Sotheby’s, a leading player in the global art market, is set to launch its first India auction in Mumbai later this year. And the sale will be…
By Kushagra Dixit Maholi (Uttar Pradesh), April 8 (IANS) With inter-community violence reported from many parts of India in a society increasingly polarised on religious and caste lines, a small town in Uttar Pradesh is…
By Mohammed Shafeeq Hyderabad, April 8 (IANS) Arabic calligraphy is worship for Muqtar Ahmed, an Indian calligrapher who has made a mark for himself at the international level. Hailing from a remote village in Telangana…
By Nury Vitachi This columnist once watched a 60-minute BBC TV documentary on the railways of Lahore simply because the remote control was on another chair. Heartless people call this “laziness”, but I prefer “terminal…