A taste of traditional Awadhi food, combining ‘sheermal’ authentic bread with exotic trout found in the cool waters of Himachal Pradesh, is now being offered on a platter by a prominent hotel using authentic ingredients. The Oberoi Group’s Clarkes Hotel in this tourist town – which served as the summer capital of British India between […]
Heard of the term ‘phubbing’? According to the Collins Dictionary, it means ignoring someone in a social setting by looking at your phone instead of paying attention. Sounds familiar? We have all been either phubbed, or have done that to somebody else at some time. But this increasing digital intoxication in children and adolescents can […]
In the late 1960s came the Softy. It’s now moved to the next level with liquid nitrogen-based ice creams being the new rage. These next-generation ice creams may even replace the traditional variety that we enjoy in the form of cones, softies, bricks and so on. A fairly new concept in India, liquid nitrogen ice […]
The Indian Handloom and Textiles Day at the Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) winter-festive 2015 started with designers Swati and Sunaina, and Rinku Sobti and Shruti Sancheti, whose collections exhibited traditional textiles. What was more intersting was the government’s mision to focus on the concept of “happy weaver and happy consumer”. Alok Kumar, the development commisioner […]
Are you in your 40s and eager to run your first half-marathon or are even contemplating entering into the 42 km heart-pounding endurance challenge? Well, hold the adrenaline rush. First, take some key tests – especially related to heart – before you hit the road with your running shoes. In the past five years or […]
Books, pictures and paintings on walls, a gramophone , a bed, a chair and a study table. No, this is not a drawing room of a house but the welcoming lounge of a restaurant. On entering the dining hall, paintings and poetry in the wall, an exhibition space showcasing work of budding artists and the […]
Where is Manipur located? It’s a question often thrown at Manipuris by other citizens of India. In a bid to make the northeastern state popular, Wanglen Khundongbam, who has studied in Bangkok and London, chose to go back to his roots and make films. A diploma holder in Digital Filmmaking from SAE Bangkok and a […]
Indian restaurant owners in Britain have called on the government to introduce short-term work visas in order to plug the shortage of curry chefs across the country, a media report said on Sunday. The owners are preparing a submission to Prime Minister David Cameron and cabinet members, which warns that 90 percent of Indian curry […]
Banana chips, ‘ariyunda’, ‘avalose podi’ (savouries made of rice powder) and many more popular Onam delicacies are now available at the click of a mouse. All one has to do is, visit www.essentialspices.in and place the order using debit or credit card and it will reach at ones doorstep in two days in attractively designed […]
The tunes of classical instrument sitar led Emmy-nominated music composer Kevin Kiner into the world of Indian music. The American composer says Indian music is not only alluring but has a wave of freshness in each of its composition, a quality that musicians in the West lack. “Indian music is exotic and is unpredictable unlike […]