The sushi snob is passé, it’s time to switch to tapas Israeli style: If your travel itinerary is based on your taste buds, then Israel is your dream destination. The country is home to a wide variety of cafes, which offer range of cuisines from Arabic, European to Asian. This food is blessed by the […]
By Sadhguru, Isha Foundation What you call as anxiety is just that you are concerned about what is going to be the outcome of something. The outcome of something is not going to be determined because of your desires. It is going to be determined by what you do. The more unprepared you are for […]
Apple is expecting more cooperation with China on clean energy as it released its 2019 Environment Report that outlines its climate change solutions ahead of Earth Day, which falls on April 22. In the “Environmental Responsibility Report”, Apple has set an ambitious goal to “make products without taking from the Earth” and vowed to adopt […]
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi He was born and trained in Austria, spent time in Switzerland where he developed a likeness for Italian cuisine, travelled the world in a cruise liner and eventually began a 25-year-romance with India that continues to this day. For Chef Hermann Grossbichler, the learning never ends and each day is […]
By Brajendra Nath Singh Macao (China) Macao is not only about gambling, casinos and luxury entertainment. Its Portuguese past mingles with the present to create a unique architecture, history and culture that is mesmerising. Since becoming the Macau Special Administrative Region of China in 1999, the “Las Vegas of the East” has taken special care […]
By Binita Das Kolkata It is time for some authentic Rajasthani food! Here is a food festival, “The Royal Kitchens of Rajasthan”, celebrating the vibrant and regal Rajasthani culture to make you familiar with the dishes that the royalties savoured. The people of the city are relishing a variety of delicacies from the land of […]
By Saket Suman Novi Sad (Serbia) Some 90 km from the historic city of Belgrade, the Danube river — once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire — makes a winding curve to form a S-shaped meander. Here lies the quaint town of Novi Sad with the Petrovaradin fortress overlooking the landscape. The town has […]
By Sarwar Kashani Fergana (Uzbekistan) Uzbekistan and Kashmir appear like separated siblings living thousands of miles apart and still bearing striking similarities in more ways than one — cultural, linguistic, architectural, culinary, music. And, yes, there is a chance that a security man may stop you and scan your phone for any pictures of sensitive […]
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai Among the several types of idlis — a healthy South Indian dish — the Kanchipuram idli has a special, even divine, status. It is offered to the Lord Varadharaja Perumal in Kanchipuram. An official of the Varadharaja Perumal temple said that no other temple has the Kanchipuram idli as the main […]
By Saket Suman New Delhi In February 1968, members of the legendary rock band, The Beatles, arrived in Rishikesh for a “momentous” sojourn. A teenage rebel — a diehard Beatles fan himself — watched them with keen interest. Five decades later, he has compiled an account of their stay here, and maintains that the three-year […]