Kraken Black and 6 more spiced rums to try, and how to drink them
Infused with spices like green cardamom, star anise, cinnamon, cloves and vanilla, these rums can be sipped on their own or had with mixers like ginger ale or tonic water.
6 graphic novels that are a visual feast of Indian storytelling
These are a small sample of Indian graphic novels. Go ahead, pick one and go on a journey.
What readers and writers can learn from the techniques of classical and jazz pianists
In a typical jazz composition, the left hand strikes chords to create harmony and rhythm while the right hand picks out the melody. Using this as a metaphor, in fiction, the right hand would take care of the characters and plot while the left creates a thickening weave of allusion and counterpoint.
Adidas needs the last Yeezy shoe to drop
The German sportswear giant just revealed €700 million worth of bad news. New CEO Bjorn Gulden has to prove there are no more-ugly surprises
India Art Fair 2023: Digital works steal a march on traditional art
Stop motion animation, 3-D immersive and augmented reality make their way into the Indian art market.
Grammys 2023 Roundup: The biggest wins, losses and snubs at music’s biggest night
History was made at a show that promised diversity and inclusivity.
Indian licorice (mulethi) is an acquired taste. These restaurants are adding it to food and drinks
Indigenous ingredients like mulethi, an age-old remedy for cold and cough, are being integrated into foods and beverages.
This eye contact AI could change the way we do online meetings
NVIDIA Eye Contact is an AI-powered tool that modifies your video in real-time to make it appear like you are looking directly at the camera while you may be looking elsewhere.
Márquez's grandson Mateo García Elizondo: 'Gabo told me you have to keep the reader interested in the story or you will lose them'
In his first visit to India, Gabriel García Marquez's grandson talks about his writing and growing up in a family of literary giants.
How Chef Gaggan Anand arrived at a price tag of Rs 50,000 a plate for his Delhi residency
Bangkok-based Michelin-starred chef and restaurateur Gaggan Anand, who wants to prove food is fashion, is bringing Gaggan to Delhi, for a 20-day residency, at the Hyatt Regency. The No. 1 chef on Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants is pricing his India meal at Rs 50,000.
Azim Premji Foundation CEO Anurag Behar: 'Average people can do really good things, that's how the world changes for the better'
Behar, also the founding vice-chancellor of Azim Premji University, on his new book 'A Matter of the Heart: Education in India', education equity and access, edtech, and National Education Policy 2020.
Preview: MAP Bengaluru is exactly how you'd expect a digital-first museum to be
The Museum of Art and Photography in Bengaluru will open its doors on February 18.
On the rocks: Why the ice in your cocktail can make or break the drink
The role of ice goes beyond just cooling the drink. The size and shape of the ice has a significant effect on the drink. It also adds aesthetics and makes the consistency of the drink ideal.
Restaurant review | Manu Chandra's European-themed LUPA is many restaurants rolled into one
Manu Chandra returns with a new fine-dine, arguably the year’s first real blockbuster opening, and every corner of LUPA hums with soul, character and intention. Noma might be shutting shop but so long as aspirations, wealth, and desire for shiny things are alive, fine-dining will live on, says Chandra.
ChatGPT is great – you’re just using it wrong
The G, P, T in ChatGPT stands for generative pretrained transformer. ChatGPT doesn’t try to write sentences that are true. But it does try to write sentences that are plausible.
Pico Iyer’s search for paradise
The writer’s new collection of essays describes visits to Iran, India, Japan and elsewhere to find competing visions of utopia.
Funnycontrol on the Amrit Kaal Budget
The internet says: “Amrit Kaal is the critical time when the gates of greater pleasure open for the inhuman, angels and human beings.”
Union Budget 2023: PM Pranam, MISHTI... 50 acronyms we made in India
From AMRIT to VIKAS, 50 commonly used acronyms that didn't exist a decade ago.
Budget 2023 boost | Superfood recipes: Have millets? Make bread and cake
The Finance Minister said in her Budget 2023 speech that India will be a global hub for millet production, and the government will provide to support Hyderabad-based millet institute as centre of excellence. Here are two millet recipes
Funnycontrol | Budget expectations of an MBA (so they make total sense)
If we could pay taxes in aloo tikki burgers, if IT folk could get sops in this season of layoffs, if spending on stand-up comedy could be made 80D deductible and if we divestment could begin with that 1980s fax machine still on the equipments lists of many PSUs...
MIT's "On the Plane" role-playing game: What it is, its uses and how it works
"On the Plane" was created with the Unity game engine and the XR Interaction Toolkit, as well as Harrell's Chimeria platform for constructing interactive narratives with social categorization.
Know the difference: What Indians have been eating as Mexican is Tex-Mex
Who doesn’t love a plateful of tortilla chips or nachos, heaped with salsa, guacamole and jalapeños, smothered in gooey cheese? But is that even the real Mexican food?
Javed Akhtar: 'I used to think of Stalin as my grandfather and Ghalib as my uncle'
Poet, lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar spoke to us about his two new books, 'Talking Life: Javed Akthar in Conversation with Nasreen Munni Kabir' and 'Daaera: The Circle', on the sidelines of the recently concluded Kolkata Literary Meet at Victoria Memorial Museum.
They came to Mumbai as traders and dockyard workers in the 1800s, and made India their home
As they swing to Bollywood tunes, speak Hindi, and look to India as their motherland, it is a community most unique.
