Bombay - Different Truths

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...

January 10, 2017
Sunil Kumar Banerjee
Sports

Akashganga: Trails of Stardust and Swirling Black Holes – XIII

Members of Akashganga moved on to multi-tasking and become a lean mean fighting machine. Sport and military parachuting complemented each other. But, behind all of these unique achievements paradoxically, an equally...

January 8, 2017
Arindam Roy
Crime, Short Story

True Crime Story: When Marriages are made in Hell!

Arindam shares a true crime story that he had witnessed closely during his stay in Bombay, in the mid-1980s. Trusting and gullible men were enticed and trapped in marriages. Within...

December 30, 2016
Nilakshi Roy
Fashion & Beauty, Potpourri

The Parsi Connection: The Déjà vu of Sari, Furniture and Food

This story is as much a sari story, as it is a story of furniture – a Parsi obsession and feature of their traditionally elegant homes. Nilakshi remembers Gustad Noble’s...

November 30, 2016
Lily Swarn
People, Place

Ferozepur, a Frontier District of Punjab, Blends Memory, Martyrs and Music

Ferozepur, an ancient city on the banks of the Sutlej, is said to be built by Feroze Shah Tughlak in the 14th century. The old city is surrounded by ten gates....

March 4, 2016
Arindam Roy
Potpourri

Witty Krishnan!

In his over three-decade journey as a journalist, Arindam shows us the many faces of newsrooms in India, at the turn of the Millennium. It’s about the glimpses of life...

January 8, 2016
Arindam Roy
Potpourri

Saintly Vijayan!

In his over three-decade journey as a journalist, Arindam shows us the many faces of newsrooms in India, at the turn of the Millennium. He calls this series, ‘The...