8 Reasons To Fall In Love With Delhi All Over Again
As far as relationships go, a love affair with India's capital city is not among the easiest to sustain. It blows hot and cold, quite literally; and with its traffic, air pollution and women-unfriendly...
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When Sridevi Presided Over Siddhivinayak Temple On Ganesh Chaturthi
One Ganesh Chaturthi some years ago, I invited the lovely Sridevi to join me for the 4.30pm aarti at Siddhivinayak, Mumbai's temple of miracles, dedicated to Lord Ganesh, in Prabhadevi. It was Anant...
View ArticleKolkata Restaurant 'Mocambo' Says They Don't Allow 'Roadside People' After...
Mocambo, a well-known restaurant in Kolkata's Park Street area, features in practically every list of 'places to visit in Kolkata.' An old establishment celebrated for its food and ambience, the eatery...
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Mircosoft Is Set To Kill Lumia Phones By The End Of The Year: Report
From promises of timely updates with great features to opening up the platform for developers to port Android and iOS apps, Microsoft tried a lot to keep the smartphone business afloat. But now the...
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Cube26's Messaging App Is A Great Way To Handle Your SMS
The days when we used to care about SMS packs are long gone, with most of us now using an army of instant messengers. Yet, SMS still exists and is used for bank OTPs, delivery notifications, spam,...
View ArticleViolence Breaks Out In Bengaluru Over Cauvery Water Issue
BENGALURU -- An atmosphere of panic prevailed in Bengaluru on Monday, as stray incidents of violence were reported in parts of the state as well as in Tamil Nadu over the Cauvery River water dispute.It...
View ArticleI'm Celebrating All Life With A Vegan Eid
Compassion is a basic tenet of all major religions, so it's no surprise that the Qur'an forbids cruelty to animals. Despite this, some Muslims choose to observe Eid-al-Adha, or the "Festival of...
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Around 500 Domino's Pizza Outlets Will Turn All-Vegetarian During The Navratri
Global fast food giant Domino's Pizza is planning to turn nearly half of its 1,000-plus stores in India vegetarian during the nine-day Navratri period in October. The move is expected to draw more...
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Is The Secular Fabric Of Kerala Slowly Unravelling?
Onam is usually time to celebrate, engage in retail therapy, spend time with family and friends, indulge oneself. Indulgence is usually in the form of Mohanlal, Mammootty or Bacchus. The fun element...
View ArticleDear Restaurants Of 2016, Kindly Stop Your Everyday Sexism Now
Almost every time I go out for a meal or a drink in India with a woman — she could be a friend, a cousin, a boss, a colleague or someone from my family — I'm invariably presented with the wine list at...
View ArticleWATCH: 47-Feet-Long Blue Whale Rescued Along Konkan Coast
A 47-feet long blue whale was rescued from the sea along a beach in Maharashtra's coastal Konkan and was successfully put back into the deep waters.The whale had drifted into shallow waters near the...
View ArticleThis Acclaimed Women Empowerment Drama Finally Has A Release Date
Exactly a year ago, Leena Yadav's Parched had its world premiere at the 40th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) under the Special Presentations section. Today, in a press conference, its...
View ArticleKashmir Unrest: Government Shuts Down Internet And Mobile Services Ahead Of Eid
SRINAGAR -- In vice-like grip of unrest for over two months now, the Kashmir Valley will hardly see any festivities on the occasion of Eid tomorrow, with the state government deciding to impose...
View ArticleDeepa Malik Is The First Indian Woman To Win A Medal At The Paralympics, Bags...
On Monday, Deepa Malik made history by becoming the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Paralympics. Malik, a paraplegic, paralyzed from the waist down, clinched the silver in the shotput event...
View ArticleFirst Confirmed Chikungunya Death In Delhi Recorded At Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
A 65-year-old man today died of chikungunya at a hospital in Delhi, in what could be the first fatality from this vector-borne disease in the national capital.The victim, R Pandey succumbed to the...
View ArticleViolence Breaks Out Over Cauvery Water Issue, Bengaluru On The Edge
As the Cauvery water sharing row raged, violence flared up in the city with rampaging mobs setting fire to at least 30 buses and trucks with Tamil Nadu registration number plate and bringing the...
View ArticleWhy It's Important To Restore The Prestige Of Family Medicine In India
A few weeks ago, I was interviewing Dr. Ashoka Prasad for a popular Indian medical news portal, and was grabbed by a remarkable point that he made. Though the interview was mainly concerning the state...
View ArticleSyrian Superheroes Or Propaganda Pawns?: Netflix's Documentary 'White...
"Don't give mom a hard time, OK?" the trailer of Netflix's upcoming documentary White Helmets shows a Syrian Civil Defence (SCD) volunteer, a "White Helmet", kissing his child, and then stepping out in...
View ArticleThe Inheritance Of Suicide And The Beauty Of Endurance
A week of loss, grief, late night phone calls, a broken music box, a dusty chair, a delirious priest.... but ultimately, the loss of my father gave me a lesson in endurance.***Depression is like air....
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Biryani Is Not Pulao — Let's Settle It Once And For All
As a devout biryani fan it irks me that people and even restaurants confuse this elaborate preparation with the humble pulao. Each time a restaurant passes off a pulao as a biryani, the foodie in me...
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