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Giant wheels like London Eye popular tourist attractions, but does India need them?
July 31, 2014, 5:06 PM IST
The Big Wheel When British architects David Marks and Julia Barfield set about building a 135 metre high wheel in the heart of London no one gave them much hope. Their design was created in…
July 31, 2014, 5:06 PM IST
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AIDS, MH17 and the pointlessness of lives so arbitrarily ended
July 19, 2014, 3:38 AM IST
In a tragedy like the crash of MH17 there is no point in trying to differentiate between the deaths of passengers. Each victim’s death is as sad and awful in the pointlessness of lives so…
July 19, 2014, 3:38 AM IST
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Nostalgia and Cream Horns
July 17, 2014, 1:13 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee is full of surprises. Who would have imagined, after all her years of vituperative battles with the CPI(M), she would go out of her way to be nice to them when a delegation…
July 17, 2014, 1:13 PM IST
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The foie gras wars
July 12, 2014, 1:05 AM IST
When the Ministry of Commerce banned import of foie gras on July 3rd it took a while before the Indian media took note, and only a few reported it. But the news was quickly relayed…
July 12, 2014, 1:05 AM IST
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The Man Who Discovered Soil Health
July 10, 2014, 3:06 PM IST
Finance Minister Aun Jaitley believes in the importance of soil health. He has allocated over Rs150 crore in his Budget for this purpose including the development of a ‘soil health card’. It will be interesting…
July 10, 2014, 3:06 PM IST
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Dhoklas and Diversity: Gujarat’s food is fascinating and delicious in its totality
July 7, 2014, 1:29 PM IST
Delhi, it seems, has discovered the dhokla. Many plates of the steamed Gujarati snacks must have been consumed at Gujarat Bhavan when it temporarily became the nerve centre of Indian politics in the period between…
July 7, 2014, 1:29 PM IST
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Ramzaan recalls the food journeys of the Muslim world
July 5, 2014, 10:37 AM IST
Ramzaan in the rain may not tempt many to leave home to have a street-side iftar meal. But if you do go – and many non-Muslims have started going at least once in the season…
July 5, 2014, 10:37 AM IST
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Food Fables: A slave to soul food
July 4, 2014, 6:59 PM IST
Black-eyed peas or lobia are widely consumed in India yet never quite seem to get their due. They are part of classic dishes, like Kerala’s olan or Punjab’s lobia masala, but one never counts them…
July 4, 2014, 6:59 PM IST
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The Mystery of Mehrangir
June 30, 2014, 3:13 PM IST
Across India there are houses associated with past national leaders that are now memorials to them. Since they often occupy prominent locations they serve as local landmarks for autos, like the house of Congress strongman…
June 30, 2014, 3:13 PM IST
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Garam Masala – Kitchen Languages
June 23, 2014, 5:05 PM IST
[The new BJP government has ruffled feathers by appearing to insist on Hindi usage, which has expectedly met with resistance from South India. This is an old issue which at an overt level never seems…
June 23, 2014, 5:05 PM IST
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In the Shadow of El Niño
June 22, 2014, 10:02 AM IST
How poor response to El Niño crises in the late 19th century increased global inequality and created the Third World
June 22, 2014, 10:02 AM IST
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Food Fears and Opportunities
June 21, 2014, 3:23 PM IST
Did you ever get the sabudana email? This was a viral mail that apparently exposed the dreadful truth behind those spongy starch balls that some Hindus consume during fasts when they can’t eat grains. Sabudana…
June 21, 2014, 3:23 PM IST
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Food Fables – Invoke the spirit of Cachaça
June 21, 2014, 3:22 PM IST
As the proud possessor of a document that declares me to be a licensed alcoholic – the permit which everyone in Maharashtra must have to consume alcohol – I thought I knew how absurd booze…
June 21, 2014, 3:22 PM IST
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A Toast to Madeira
June 16, 2014, 2:45 PM IST
Mention Madeira to anyone, especially in this World Cup season, and they might reply: Cristiano Ronaldo (or CR7 as he’s called)! The hugely rated and visible – thanks to his modelling and Page 3 life…
June 16, 2014, 2:45 PM IST
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A Tale of two nuts
June 9, 2014, 3:05 PM IST
Most people who have seen Charley’s Aunt – and ever since it was first produced 122 years back a very great many people have seen or acted in this classic British farce – will remember…
June 9, 2014, 3:05 PM IST
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Mumbai’s Mad Love is Killing the Alphonso Mango
June 7, 2014, 4:04 PM IST
Mumbai and mangoes have always gone together. Mangoes feature in perhaps the earliest printed reference to the name of the islands on which the city was built. This was in the Portuguese naturalist Garcia de…
June 7, 2014, 4:04 PM IST
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Food Fables: Brew it cold and slow
June 5, 2014, 11:28 PM IST
Cold-brew coffee is one of things that shouldn’t work. Heat is intrinsic to our ideas of making coffee. Steaming heat of espressos. Boiling water poured on ground coffee in filters. Scalding eruptions of stove-top coffee…
June 5, 2014, 11:28 PM IST
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Food Fables – Clean, creamy alternative
May 29, 2014, 6:32 PM IST
If the BJP uses its super majority to fulfil its long-standing promise to ban cow-slaughter you might want to invest in cashews. Because any honest effort to end cow slaughter must start by severely reducing…
May 29, 2014, 6:32 PM IST
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Why swearing-in ceremonies are not so lavish in India
May 26, 2014, 10:47 AM IST
Narendra Modi won’t even get a sash. Through the election campaign he happily draped himself in different ritual shawls, donned different symbolic headgears (except one) and took part in different community ceremonies designed to show…
May 26, 2014, 10:47 AM IST
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Why India needs Eurovision
May 24, 2014, 1:30 PM IST
Both elections take place across a vast area with a huge diversity of people and languages. Both are nearly as old and have endured the challenges of changing times and politics. Both are costly to…
May 24, 2014, 1:30 PM IST
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