Alexa, how to make tea? What recipes Indians searched most in 2023
Biryani, butter chicken and pizza were some of the other recipes requested in the food and beverage category.
2024 India Design ID: 3 must attend talks & sessions on all things design
India Design ID: Experts in the field talk about architecture, urban planning as well as interior design ideas that are most relevant and prevalent today.
Pioneers: Rukhmabai, one of India's first women doctors, encouraged women to seek medical help, socialise
Book excerpt: Rukhmabai: The Life and Times of a Child Bride Turned Rebel-Doctor by Sudhir Chandra | "In 1897, within months of the hospital’s formal opening, the plague epidemic broke out in Surat. Rukhmabai was given charge of the women patients at the Civil Hospital. As the pestilence raged on, she also had to undertake house-to-house visitation in the sprawling city to look for women and children affected by the disease."
Who walked with Rahul Gandhi in Bharat Jodo Yatra from Kanyakumari to Kashmir?
Book excerpt | Dilip D'Souza in Roadwalker: A Few Miles on the Bharat Jodo Yatra: "The GPS coordinates had been sent to me by WhatsApp—the digital age, after all. Ahead, because someone had told us the best place to walk was just in front of the main body of yatris: still among plenty of walkers but not engulfed in a flood of them jostling for space on the road. So we waited there for the Yatra to arrive. I strolled about, taking photos of nearby posters and bunting."
Beyoncé announces new album and two new singles at the Super Bowl 2024
During the Super Bowl 2024 today, the singer’s tracks were announced. The 32-times Grammy-winning singer-songwriter took to her Instagram page to share about her two new tracks, Texas Hold 'Em and 16 Carriages.
Parsi home-cooking: Easy Dhansak recipe
Book excerpt: Frenny Billimoria is one of over 100 people who contributed to The India Cookbook: From the Tables of My Friends, selected and edited by Sunita Kohli. Billimoria's recipe for Parsi dal-and-meat dish Dhansak with rice and kachumbar salad, reproduced with permission from Aleph.
‘Sudha and Narayan Murthy always had each other’s back’: author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, who made her non-fiction debut with An Uncommon Love, a biography of Infosys founder Narayana Murthy's relationship with his wife of 46 years, Sudha Murty, speaks about their special bond.
What designer Sabyasachi’s new High Jewellery collection is all about
Known for his resplendent Sabyasachi brides, ace fashion designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee carries forward his ideas about sustainability and luxury into a new jewellery line. Here, he talks about his latest jewellery collection in continued partnership with Bergdorf Goodman, how his aesthetic oscillates between maximal and minimal, his effort to preserve Indian jewellery craftsmanship, and a possible pre-Oscars exhibit.
Light of Asia & Nirvana Express: 2 books decode how the West has always been obsessed with India
400 years after Sir Thomas Roe visited India, while yoga mats have become necessary personal accessories in the West, mobility, visa restrictions, and rights of international students continue to be flashpoints between New Delhi and London; and India and the UK are locked up in hard negotiations to finalise a comprehensive Free Trade Agreement.
5 new restaurants in Mumbai to indulge your palate
From rustic trattorias, small kitchens, massive club-restobars, to avant-garde bistros, the stage is set for a feast of epic proportions this year, and all are invited. Here are five new eateries that have come up in quick succession across the city.
9 AI tools to make music & music videos
For those who want to step into their rockstar era, here’s a guide to doing it with AI—and doing it ethically.
Chinese New Year: Best Chinese restaurants to try in your city
Whether you're looking to tuck into fiery Szechwan fare, melt-in-mouth dim sums or wholesome noodles, India has an abundance of options for Indian-Chinese restaurants. These are some of the best in Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai and Kolkata.
Should India host the Olympics, and other key questions in Indian sports
Book review: In Boundary Lab, Nandan Kamath delves into questions like "Should MS Dhoni own the 'helicopter' shot?", "Should we hold separate women’s chess events?", "Why is sports betting illegal in India?", "Why do we have a right to watch cricket for free?", and "Should India bid to host the Olympic Games?"
My Family and Other Globalizers: Parent child relationship & the wokeism hump
Topics to discuss with children when most things spark a debate at home? Just remember: a family that philosophizes together, stays together.
‘Digitising’ your wardrobe can help you save money and make sustainable fashion choices
Spring cleaning tips: Apps are helping people organize their clothes cupboards; with price, brand and type marked, to get more use out of the things they already own and buy what they are more likely to actually use in future.
How Shankar Mahadevan joined Zakir Hussain & John McLaughlin's Indo Jazz band Shakti
Book excerpt from The Authorized Biography of Grammy 2024 Winner for Best Global Music Album, Shankar Mahadevan, The Musical Maverick by Ashis Ghatak.
Good books: In defence of competent, but not quite great novels
Bestselling books: The rewards of reading fiction that isn’t critically acclaimed and doesn’t win literary awards.
The Shortest History of Sex review: A new book on sex that will charm your pants off
Book review: A scholarly history of sex, from asexual prokaryotes to primate play dates and the storied quest for orgasms - from the writer of The Shortest History of Our Universe.
OnePlus 12R goes on sale in India: 7 features that make it a possible flagship killer
OnePlus 12R is the latest in OnePlus' bang-for-buck R series. Is this among the best smartphones in the Rs 40,000 - 46,000 range right now? We take you through the key features.
Marketing Musings: A tale of two fests
While book fairs such as the Kolkata Book Fair are a marketplace, modern Litfests, like the Jaipur Literary Festival, provide a marketing platform for authors and publishers
Govt plans to do away with multiple certifications for food products; only FSSAI nod mandatory
After the amendments are finalised, food businesses would not have to go to different authorities for mandatory certification with only FSSAI certification being made mandatory for food products.
3 art works that made a mark at the India Art Fair 2024
From LN Tallur's deepdive into how artificial intelligence works to Karishma Swali and Eva Jospin's new canvas - literally and figuratively - for Indian embroidery, a look at the bigger and more impactful exhibits from the art fair that ended on February 4.
6 coolest tech launches from Oppo, Redmi, BenQ, OnePlus and other consumer tech companies so far this year
India launches: Smartphones with 6,67 inch curved displays, a smart projector with Netflix integrated, new Bluetooth TWS earbuds with good active noise cancellation and a sub-35K slim notebook laptop.
International Purple Fest 2024: India hosts first-ever national conference on invisible disabilities
In India, which hosted the first-ever ‘From Invisible to Visible' conference at International Purple Fest in Goa in January, it is not known how many people live with invisible disabilities, as these disabilities are not included in the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.
