November 2, 2024

Travel & Food

March 15, 2017
Lily Swarn
Food

The Indian Jalebi Evolved from a West Asian Dish

The Hobson-Jobson says that the word Jalebi came from the Arabic word Zulabiya or the Persian Zalibiya, which are names for a similar dish. West Asian Christian communities serve...

March 12, 2017
Arindam Roy
Cover Story, History & Culture, Politics

Holi: Unifying the Electoral Colours of Politics, Ribaldry and its Spread in the West

With the trends and results of Assembly polls in five states in India, it’s celebration time for the winning parties and candidates in the largest democracy of the world....

March 10, 2017
Sarika Sarkar Das
Food

Of Holi Reminisces and Cool Thandai!

Holi is about fun, frolic, and naughtiness. Sarika reminisces about Holi celebrations, in her Pune hostel and shares the recipe of Thandai, without which Holi is incomplete. Here’s the recipe, in...

March 1, 2017
Lily Swarn
Food

How Biriyani Travelled from the Barracks to the Royal Kitchens!

Many centuries were spanned by the Biryani in its evolution from a dish for battling troops to a dish fit for the kings, it has been influenced by the gastronomic, cultural...

February 24, 2017
Sarika Sarkar Das
Food

Celebrate Love with Rice Chocolate Cupcakes!

Sarika tells us how she was born two months too soon to share her birthday with St. Valentine. The author reminisces and romances her birthday celebrations, the simple joys,...

February 22, 2017
Lily Swarn
Food, History & Culture

Our Yummilicious Ice Cream Dates Back to the 5th Century BC

Lily forages the history to unravel the origin of ice cream. The granddad of modern medicine Hippocrates advocated eating ice to his Ancient Greek patients as “it livens the...

February 21, 2017
Sunil Kumar Banerjee
History & Culture, Politics

Musings on Martyrdom: Ibaadat sey Shahdat!

The Cellular Jail, in Port Blair, completed in 1906, is a National Memorial and a place of pilgrimage for all freedom loving people. Many today would be proud to know...

February 18, 2017
Basudeb Chakraborti
Criticism, History & Culture

Historicity of the Indian Partition in 1947

The partition of India, in 1947, was a human tragedy, an epoch-making event of the far-reaching impact on the lives of the people of this subcontinent. It created hardships...

February 17, 2017
Anumita Roy
Food

Mughlai Paratha: A Sumptuous, Healthy and Happy Street Food

Mughlai Paratha is one of those gastronomical wonders, which are the best in the street food markets of Bengal. It basically rolled out dough stuffed with eggs, minced spicy meat,...

February 15, 2017
Lily Swarn
Food

Pizza: Italian Queen Margherita Brought the Street Food into the Royal Kitchen

In 1889, Queen Margherita decided to go on a tour of her Italian kingdom. She saw many peasants and common people enjoying Pizza in the streets. She would often...

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