Don't miss out on this week's must-read stories!
Wherever ideology creates schisms between us, we should rise beyond the comforts of those barriers and keep walking on the road that unites us
From a migrant dish to a city staple, the adaptable momo signals an evolving India, whose eating habits have been shaped by migrants from the sidelines of the food world
As the independence ushered in the process of transforming Viceroy’s House into Rashtrapati Bhavan, its interiors' fabrics changed to reflect Indian traditional textiles
The harmless, non-venomous ones saunter in indoors for heat on wintry evenings or when rains flood their tunnels
SPECIAL TO THE EXPRESS: Writer-director Neel Chaudhuri on coping with grief and learning to live in the now
SPECIAL TO THE EXPRESS: Their work was a bright spot, making it to literary-award lists and creating standout OTT shows and theatrical productions, in the bleak pandemic year that went past. From writers to filmmakers to theatre directors, in this special fiction issue, we bring you a selection of short stories to start off the year.
SPECIAL TO THE EXPRESS: UK-based writer Sandeep Raina narrates a tale of faith across communities — ties that ought to bind rather than isolate us
The temptation and potency of the World Wide Web
SPECIAL TO THE EXPRESS: Of the sea and a match made in the wrong kind of heaven
Be careful what you wish for -- they may just come true!
Elvis Presley had died in 1977 and no one could stand the idea of him being resurrected by a South Indian man. Now, on the cusp of 2022, Karthik intended to change that
With spring-loaded reflexes and formidable swoops, the animal kingdom proves that size doesn’t matter
From the late 1950, Atal Bihari Vajpayee made several visits to the Rashtrapati Bhavan, each imbued with a different emotion, reflecting the twists and turns of his political career
Long before actor Tovino Thomas turned a superhero in Minnal Murali, he quit a dreary corporate job, faced rejections and did multiple bit roles
Shakun Batra's 'Gehraiyaan', Vasan Bala's 'Monica, O My Darling' and Alia Bhatt's upcoming releases, next year promises to be one of genre-bending sagas, dark comedy and suspense thrillers
Here are some of the most telling creative cinematic flourishes of the year gone by.
This week's interesting reads are here!
Nothing can match a mother’s discerning taste buds, especially for dark, moist, spicy, fruity and boozy Christmas cakes
An unconventional Christmas gift that enlivens what might, otherwise, have been a dull festive day
They found a speckled illuminated field, like of thousand fireflies, on the wings of the butterfly
Ma's ghee-cardamom cake is a fragrant memory and a testimony to a mother's innovation
Along India’s western coast, two colonial cousins, the starkly different desserts, share a common Portuguese heritage.
The pillowy soft sweet is a staple in Christmas platters in different parts of the country.
Here are this week's long reads!



