Becoming Gandhi book review: My experiments in living by the Mahatma's principles
Author Perry Garfinkel chose to adhere to truth, nonviolence, vegetarianism, simplicity, faith, and celibacy for 18 months, to find out if it's possible to follow in Mahatma Gandhi's footsteps in the 21st century.
'India is making huge leaps and strides towards top-tier creative cocktails'
New York bar Employees Only's founder Dushan Zaric on using Indian ingredients in cocktails, and how global cocktail culture is trending toward extreme creativity.
Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal: Culture is the operating system of any organisation
Zomato founder CEO Deepinder Goyal says he lives and breathes by two principles: “Only the paranoid survive” and “All growth comes from discomfort”.
Beyonce's concert film to be distributed globally by AMC
A movie based on Beyonce's "Renaissance World Tour" is slated for global distribution by an AMC Entertainment subsidiary, addressing content shortages caused by Hollywood strikes in cinema chains.
Mahatma Gandhi and his image on Indian rupees is a throughline in KR Meera's Assassin
To be sure, KR Meera is not the first writer to work memories and images of Mahatma Gandhi into literary fiction. Since the 1940s, prominent writers like RK Narayan have done it too.
History’s Angel: A fine novel about what it means to be an Indian Muslim today
A surfeit of history? Yes. A broad cast of characters? Yes. A range of sensitive issues? Yes. But writer Anjum Hasan manages to hold it all together, making History’s Angel an altogether absorbing read.
Best places to get good coffee in Bengaluru, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Goa
Here are some of the best brews and places to get your caffeine fix across India.
Walter Isaacson's Elon Musk book review: The difficulty of pinning down Elon Musk and his many contradictions
Walter Isaacson does a great job of getting Elon Musk to open up about his difficult childhood, but the book could have used more candid analyses.
Bookshelves and their discontents: Perils and pitfalls of storing books at home
More books accumulate by a mysterious process of proliferation. There’s no getting away from it: you need another bookshelf, or two or three...
15 food waste reduction tips to adopt on International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste Reduction
International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste Reduction is observed each year on September 29. The theme for 2023 is “Reducing food loss and waste: Taking Action to Transform Food Systems”.
Premium rums for your home bar: Say cheers to Bacardi, Ron Zacapa, Havana Club, Mount Gay and more
Rum is making a comeback in India, with a 24.94% YoY growth in 2021, largely driven by dark rum. Mixologists are embracing spiced and white rums, and dark aged rums are gaining interest among Indian spirits enthusiasts. Check out these 7 premium rums for your home bar.
Midweek Moves: Wednesday workout with groovy music is the new norm
Spotify data reveals that the most number of music streams associated with working out take place on Wednesdays and Fridays between 7 to 8 am and 6 to 8 pm.
Funnycontrol | Investment lessons mothballed in Asia Cup 2023 that we're still thinking about
A sort of prequel to the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup, the Asia Cup held investment lessons for the discerning.
Indian dystopias: 8 sci-fi books that explore bleak futures from an Indian perspective
Are we living in the futures we have read about? A sampling of dystopian novels set in India.
Saraswat cuisine for Ganesh Chaturthi: Vegetable stew with 21 ingredients and a dessert wrapped in turmeric leaves
Gaud Saraswat Brahmin fare for Ganeshotsav is a medley of sweet and sour flavours. At its heart lie Patoleo, a layered dessert, and vegetarian stews and bhajis.
International Day of Sign Languages: 7 essential signs to help break the ice with a deaf person
The International Day of Sign Languages is celebrated on September 23 every year since 2018. There are more than 300 sign languages all across the world and sign languages can vary across regions. Read on for some crucial signs in the Indian Sign Language.
Should you buy the new iPhone 15 or iPhone 15 Pro?
2023 might go down as a year where the iPhone line-up saw a significant upgrade. This was no radical overhaul like the iPhone X back in 2017 and yet there are some noticeable differences.
My Family and Other Globalizers | Kids not listening? Good news: it’s evolutionary biology
According to psychologist Daniel Berry, when children appear not to be following instructions, what they are following is the biological imperative of making sense of the world around them.
Beasts of England review: Ingenious update of George Orwell’s Animal Farm for our times
The engine of the novel is the way that real-life events are transformed into analogies as it cycles through various episodes in the animals’ lives.
Shubh India tour cancelled: India-Canada row spells trouble for Punjabi artists
Shubh India tour cancelled: Electronics brand boAt ended sponsorship for Shubh’s tour in light of the escalation, calling themselves a “true Indian brand”.
Book excerpt: Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2023, Pearl by Siân Hughes deals with grief
A possible plan for early retirement: A close look at the 3-bucket strategy
A deep dive into the intricacies of a strategy that may not be the ultimate solution for early retirement but is sufficiently robust.
As Sarah Burton leaves Alexander McQueen, an expert explores her legacy through five iconic designs
Sarah Burton’s departure from McQueen comes as the label’s parent company, the French luxury goods group Kering SA, is restructuring.
My Family and Other Globalizers | Finding echoes in the cultural chutney of Goa
Goa, like the rest of India, has been adept at domesticating foreign influences and making them its own.
