Can everything that grows under the Sun be pickled? In India, possibly yes. A look at the staple household condiment — and its long history in the sub-continent
Rock and Stroll: There are an estimated 700 mud volcanoes in the world, and nearly half of them are found in the post-apocalyptic, lunar landscape of Gobustan National Park along the Caspian Sea.
In Washington, DC, museums open up many vistas of history.
Thank You for the Kindness: Boasting of some of the most stunning scenery, the newly-formed Union territory of Ladakh is also one of the world’s harshest landscapes.
Children learn to love nature only by stepping into the wild
How Mughal rule enriched Indian cuisines
British Sri Lankan writer Romesh Gunesekera, 65, on his new novel, his relationship with the English language and the Sri Lanka of his imagination.
A look at the condiment that is a household staple and its long history in the subcontinent.
Between the hostess (French women) and the hosted (fatigued Indian soldiers) — both victims of the same solitude — relationships bloomed.
Women have been Tracy Chevalier’s prime focus, from an iconic artwork to the ‘surplus’ ones on WWI sidelines.
In a time of global climate emergency, how can India balance her responsibilities to the environment and to her people? A new book tries to find answers.
How subsidised public education made it possible for two debutant indie filmmakers to follow their passion and produce award-winning films.
How an Indian, dreaming of life in Canada, ended up on a dangerous, illegal journey into the US.
Could the agitating ‘commie’ students of JNU be in the right? WhatsApp Uncle answers.
When Frank Capra arrived at India’s first international film festival to foil a ‘Soviet conspiracy’.
If it’s breakfast, it must be bedmi poori and nagori halwa.
'Aamis' is probably one of the bravest, most original films of our times — one that got filmmaker Anurag Kashyap to declare that he had seen “nothing like it” from India before.
Sixteen-year-olds today will be 17 next year, which will give the politicians just one more year to clean up their act.
Honey, I shrunk their worlds: Like a sapling that flourishes only in the right environmental conditions, imposing books on children that they don’t necessarily want to read is akin to putting an indoor plant in bright sunlight or vice versa.
The Bengaluru-based illustrator, animator and comic book artist, 38, was declared the winner of the Big Little Book Awards in the illustrator category this week for her burgeoning body of work.
A huge part of the history the house has witnessed involves my grandmother, Mae, who has lived here since 1963. Her life’s century is worth celebrating, one to rival the piddling ones achieved on a cricket field.
When Frank Capra arrived at India’s first international film festival to foil a ‘Soviet conspiracy’
A decade after the Sri Lankan civil war, a former UN worker revisits the lives of those he left behind on the island through a graphic novel
How a modern temple’s design incorporated the requirements of faith and community.
There are lessons for India in how China has tackled its pollution crisis.


