Month: March 2026

How sweet is too sweet? An exclusive excerpt from Sweet Excess by Ishita Dey

In 1947, Punjabi poet and writer Amrita Pritam (1919-2005) left Lahore, sought refuge in Dehra Dun and then went to Delhi to look

“A female elephant rubs against the white koothalam flowers, That have blossomed on dark green shrubs, Looking like white herons perched on the verdant foliage, Her

Jammu & Kashmir’s spectacular ascent to their first Ranji Trophy title points to an important aspect of cricket in India: the game has

The ancient giants among us carry with them not only wisdom from the past, but also clues to the future. From the snowy

As private companies expand into space, on-site manufacturing is emerging as a new need. See how microgravity is unlocking breakthroughs in advanced materials,

Rosogolla for a win, sandesh for a funeral, a prawnshaped platter for a wedding. Why does Bengal have a sweet for every occasion?

…And we now know how they rose from the ashes, braced extreme temperatures, survived continental drifts. Across 500 million years, they developed fantastic

She began her career playing a defiantly unglamorous assistant on a TV show about breaking stereotypes. Two decades on, Singh, now 44, has

The two countries may have testy ties, but why drag that to the sports fields where gentlemanliness should be observed? Sports events are