By Bappaditya Chatterjee Mechukha, (Arunachal Pradesh) Jan 23 (IANS) If you are planning a trip to this remote valley in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, rest assured you will be welcomed with a glass…
By Jaideep Sarin Chaunni Kalan (Punjab), Jan 22 (IANS) Fascinated with the colourful Indian weddings, foreign couples are saying their marriage vows in a small village of Punjab’s Hoshiarpur district. At the Citrus County, a…
By Rachel V. Thomas New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) India and the US should collaborate more on space research programmes, a prominent scientist from the US space agency NASA stressed here on Saturday as he…
By Nury Vittachi They say the easiest way to bring people together is to unite them against a common enemy; so I would like to propose that scientists declare Neptune a Hostile Planet. All humans…
By Sheikh Qayoom Srinagar, Jan 19 (IANS) Heaps of snow, razor-sharp icicles, the cackle of low-flying geese and the warmth of families huddled together to ward off the cold — all these are markers of…
Bamyan (Afghanistan), Jan 18 (IANS) When the Gunbadak hilltops are snow-capped, covering their usual mud and dust, dozens of children flock to the peak which lies 30 minutes away from Bamyan city, the capital of…
By Nury Vittachi A couple of years ago, a friend accused me of being really slow on the uptake, so I called him last night. “Yep,” I said. One should always take time over important…
By Mudita Girotra New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) In a city known as a gastronomical heaven with so many multi-cuisine outlets, it is difficult to find delightful fine diners hinging on the concept of comfort…
By Sumit Chaturvedi From her troubled teenage years to being a social activist working for the rights of the transgender community, Sharmila (name changed to protect identity), 44, has come a long way. But the…
By Nury Vittachi If I were a woman I would draw one eyebrow way higher than the other and spend my whole life looking wildly sceptical about everything. Wait. That might make me unpopular in…
By Rajat Arora It is easy to preach, hard to practise. Though, as a doctor, I pretty much practise what I preach, there are instances that knuckles me to the fact that I am still…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) India’s largest artist ghetto, Kathputli Colony, is a curious chapter in Delhi’s book of shanty clusters. While demolitions and displacements are a constant fear in most slums,…
By Jaideep Sarin Chandigarh, Jan 1 (IANS) It is an act of kindness and gratitude, but veiled in anonymity. Students of private and government schools and other institutions in Chandigarh have adopted a “Wall of…
By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) Sipping a oreo chocolate shake accompanied by a thick chicken patty smashed between buns or experimenting with the flavours of Indian regional cuisine — a culinary visit…
By Nury Vittachi IMPORTANT NOTE TO MOTORISTS: If I turn on the windscreen wipers of a rental car, this indicates that I am turning right or left; please memorise. Mind you, I have just spent…
By Aditya Baruah Guwahati, Dec 23 (IANS) With the mercury dipping, people in Assam, particularly in the rural areas, are switching to celebration mode with the Na Khowa festival, an age-old ritual of community feasts…
By Nury Vittachi Some years ago, a senior police officer told me that (with some exceptions) criminals have the exactly same holidays as ordinary people. They dislike working on bank holidays or the Buddha’s birthday…
By Milinda Ghosh Roy Kolkata, Dec 22 (IANS) Jatra, the centuries-old Bengali folk theatre extremely popular in the villages, is in the throes of a fresh crisis post-demonetisation. With an unprecedented cash crunch that has…
By Gokul Bhagabati and Rachel V. Thomas New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) The rapid rise of the Zika infections across many parts of the world had a large section of the population mightily worried till…
By Bappaditya Chatterjee Mechukha (Arunachal Pradesh), Dec 21 (IANS) Weavers and designers from India’s northeast are now focusing on creating a greater variety of patterns by incorporating features from the distinctly diverse attire of the…