Machan: A culinary journey down memory lane
By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) It has been 40 years of Machan, the fine diner with the ambience of a safari, at the iconic Taj Mahal Hotel located at 1, Mansingh Road….
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Transgender fish may have a message for us
By Nury Vittachi A reader notified me of a mass sex-change taking place in his country. Half the male fish in some British lowland rivers have female characteristics, and many can now lay eggs, research…
Empowering village women: An IKEA initiative
By Mudita Girotra Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh), Oct 26 (IANS) For Nirmala Maurya, 32, running and managing the home became tedious and she began a different life swimming against the social current. For Nirmala, from Arjunpur…
Mizoram montage: Fierce civic pride of a former insurgent tribe
By Tarun Basu Aizawl, Oct 22 (IANS) There is something about India’s Northeast that makes it markedly different from the rest of India, and it’s not just the Mongoloid features of its people. At the…
What shall we be angry about today?
By Nury Vittachi When you see the shocking, outrageous things people do just to get attention on the internet, its impossible not to shake your head and think: Why didnt I think of that? So…
In Kashmir, two women combat menstrual taboo, unhygienic practices
By Sarwar Kashani Kupwara, (Jammu and Kashmir), Oct 18 (IANS) Growing up in a society that stigmatises menstruation, two women social entrepreneurs in this border village of Jammu and Kashmir are battling the taboos attached…
Bounty in the pits: Water conservation trenches change face of Rajasthan villages
By Anand Singh Udaipur (Rajasthan), Oct 13 (IANS) Kishan Lal Ahir, a farmer in Ummedpura village of this district in southern Rajasthan, is a happy man today as he can sow two crops a year…
Seven thousand people have your face, scientists say
By Nury Vittachi A reader said she saw me in her city. “But I’ve never been there,” I said. “I just have a common face.” This happens a lot. I once recognised myself on the…
A profile in grit: How an HIV+ve man rewrote his destiny
By Somrita Ghosh Imphal, Oct 11 (IANS) He restrained himself at his home, unable to see daylight for almost three years. But today, fighting what appeared to be insurmountable odds, K. Pradipkumar Singh overcame the…
A profile in grit: How an AIDS-afflicted man rewrote his destiny
By Somrita Ghosh Imphal, Oct 11 (IANS) He was once restrained to a hospital bed and condemned to die, unable to see daylight for almost three years. But today, fighting what appeared to be insurmountable…
Scourge of unemployment and unemployability haunts Indian youth
By Bappaditya Chatterjee Kolkata, Oct 11 (IANS) Upset over his failure to get a suitable teaching job, Atanu Mistry, a 30-year-old from West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, allegedly committed suicide recently. According to Mistry’s…
Love for calligraphy draws Japanese girl to India
By Mohammed Shafeeq Hyderabad, Oct 9 (IANS) Calligraphy may be dying in an increasingly digitalised world, but the sheer love of the art has attracted a Japanese girl to India. At a time when very…
A melting pot of Hindustani classical music, Manipuri dance
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) The harmonious raagas of Hindustani classical music rendered by Saniya Patankar and the stories told by S. Karuna Devi through graceful movements of the resplendent Manipuri dance took audiences on…
How to slip away from bad dates
By Nury Vittachi Author: “You missed my book launch.” Me: “Yeah, I know, sorry, I died, wasn’t resuscitated until afterwards.” This columnist has never been good at excuses. So I was interested to hear from…
They are destroying India’s great achievement of unity in diversity: Writer Nayantara Sahgal
By Saket Suman New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) She grew up during India’s fight for freedom under the guidance of Mahatma Gandhi and is among the country’s foremost writers with feminist concerns. But Nayantara Sahgal,…
India loses 6% GDP annually due to unsanitary conditions: Venkaiah Naidu
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) The lack of sanitary conditions in India has a serious economic consequence too as it causes a loss of 6 per cent of the GDP every year, said Vice President…
Reading people’s minds through their writing
By Bhavana Akella Bengaluru, Oct 2 (IANS) From a young age, Aditi Surana could identify people’s behavioural traits from their writing strokes. Honing this special ability, she has emerged as a “graphologist” — with testimonials…
‘Wall of Valour’: Tribute to bravery of paramilitary, state police forces
By Jaideep Sarin Chandigarh, Sep 29 (IANS) They guard the borders and are in the forefront of the battle against the Maoists, at times operating in conditions more adverse than those faced by the army….
How to keep your heart healthy as you age
By Rachel V. Thomas New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) While advancing age increases the risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD), living a healthy life from your youth may help prevent the disease, which is touted…
Yes, the world is going crazy over pets
By Nury Vittachi How were dogs invented? When someone had the following thought: “I’m being attacked by wolves! I think I will ruffle the fur around the neck of one and say ‘Who’s a good…