Some eateries are serving more variants of the humble khichdi now than there are pizzas at Domino's. A look at the comfort food's history and its modern-day culinary twists.
As youngsters are hooked on anime, manga and Marvel, Naruto and Captain America have replaced Nagraj and Super Commando Dhruva as household names. The Indian superheroes present at every book stall and railway station have vanished. How did the Indian comic industry lose its plot? And is there a way to breathe life into it again?
Thousands of women across India have commercialised their kitchen to supplement their family income. Some have turned into successful full-fledged businesses. What does it take to start cloud kitchens, how are they run and how much do these women end up making?
Pakistan saw a record number of over 8 lakh people leaving the country. That too just in the first six months of the year. Among them were a lakh highly trained professionals, hinting at a huge brain drain from the country facing a crumbled economy and plagued by Islamic fundamentalism.
With technological advances, cars have undergone a sea change in the last decade. It's no more just about mobility needs.
The saree, branded 'Indian and unIslamic', vanished from Pakistan's daily life. Now, it is being promoted among a younger generation of Pakistani women.
How does one get a book published? How does self-publishing and the hybrid model stack up against traditional publishing? Here's the answer to all that and how publishing startups are breathing fresh life into the age-old industry and helping many writing dreams come true.
Thousands of women in Kerala are cooking an extra portion of rice, sambar and sabzi. They don't know who they are cooking for but that it will feed a needy person in a hospital. Every day, over 40,000 meal parcels are distributed under the 'Hrithayapoorvvam Pothichoru' campaign. This is its story.
In a world where it's difficult to escape being captured on CCTV cameras, violent crimes are increasingly getting recorded. Even when murders are caught on camera, why do the police painstakingly collect evidence, hunt for the murder weapon and recreate the crime scene?
In recent times, OTT platforms have given space to many creators to experiment with content. And two recent OTT releases last month have started a new trend or rather revived an old one -- our love for Hindi poetry.
The verdict in the murder and subsequent rape of a woman in Karnataka's Tumakuru district has triggered a debate on the need for a separate law to prevent sexual violation of the dead. The Karnataka High Court says sexual abuse of women's bodies in morgues is rampant.
We love our mithais. But did you ever wonder how and where these sweets originated? Here's how the gulab jamun, Mysore pak, imarti and your other favourite sweets had their intentional or serendipitous origin, and much more.
Before the Sengol were the cultural sangamams (confluence), organised by the BJP, all attempts to remind Tamil Nadu of its glorious history of conquests and strong Hindu roots. The party hopes its series of overtures towards Tamil culture and people will help it stage a Bengal-like coup in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls in Tamil Nadu.
