By Nidhi Kumari The hassle of cooking in the demanding and busy lives we are engaged with often lead us to eating unhealthy junk food items or skipping the meal altogether. While you had been missing your ‘ghar ka khana’ in ‘pardes’ Shana Foods came to your rescue. They assert serving the ‘First South Asian […]
By Bappaditya Chatterjee Mechukha, (Arunachal Pradesh) If you are planning a trip to this remote valley in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, rest assured you will be welcomed with a glass of chhang, a pungent home-brewed local beer made from millet or rice. Welcoming a guest with chhang is a traditional common trait among […]
What could be more entertaining than Cinderella on stage? A queer all-male Bollywood twist called Sunderella, of course. Get ready to be dazzled as a sea of sequins and saris, bindis and bangles descends on Sydney’s PACT Centre for Emerging Artists, as part of the 38th Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras festival in February […]
By Sanjay B Jumaani Yet another year goes by, time sure flies; but which way it flies may well determine ones fortunes. Brexit caused anxiety around the globe while back-home, nobody was spared from the woes of demonetisation. A question on most minds is how does 2017 look like, as per Numerology, do the Numbers […]
By Arundhuti Banerjee and Radhika Bhirani Mumbai Did Om Puri have a premonition about his death when he spoke about it to just a fortnight ago? In retrospect, it would seem so, because he talked about “leaving the world” and that his legacy would be “visible” once he departed. His comments on leaving the world […]
By Vikas Datta Title: Love Voltaire Us Apart – A Philosopher’s Guide to Relationships; Author: Julia Edelman (illustrated by Hallie Bateman); Publisher: Icon Books; Pages: 155. It is inexplicable, irresistible, makes the world go around, but its course may never run smooth. Falling in love with someone, somewhere, sometime is inevitable and so is some […]
Packed with high adventure, intrigue and speculation, the Battle for Skeptron: The First Uncovering is the first book in the eye-opening fantasy/sci-fi trilogy by Australian writing sensation and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu National Champion, R.D. Gennari. In the Battle of Skeptron we meet Areus, a young and content wrestler of Torian race, who faces a perilous quest […]
By Mousumi Ghose She is loved every night a thousand times, Thrown away in the morning. .. Like a rotten fruit or, An empty basin. Her velvet berth is painted red, Yet she longs for that pristine white bed…. Ruffled with her passion And fragrant from her lover’s breath. Before she can respond. … They […]
CRY‘s campaign “Right to School” to ensure 2,71,341 children across CRY-supported projects not only go to school but also complete their education. Parents of children in Nagfena, a small village situated in the Bolangir distrisct in Odisha, India, had to pray for their children’s safety every time they attended the government primary school. The school, […]
By Vishal Gulati Ladakh — once the hub of the ancient Silk Route — is aptly described as a place where Buddhist spirituality and its ancient culture reign supreme amidst virgin nature. It’s a cold desert in northern India, dotted by tiny hamlets spread over the Himalayan peaks adjoining Tibet, where one can simultaneously have […]