Temperature - Different Truths

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 10, 2017
Anumita Roy
Fashion & Beauty

Health and Beauty Benefits of Turmeric

Turmeric is a panacea. It has several health and beauty benefits. A native of South Asia, this root is not usually used raw but dried and powdered. Indian cooking is...

February 10, 2017
Sonali Chakraborty
Food

Jam Thumbprint Cookies: The Perfect and Inexpensive Food of Love!

Should the Valentine week remind us of love? Sonali, our foodie, says that love is something that we must celebrate all year long. Expensive heart shaped gifts and cards are...

February 1, 2017
Subhajit Sanyal
Crime, Fiction, Gender, Short Story

A Different Saraswati

Like many other victims of rape and molestation, Shobha was also denied of an identity, mistreated and misunderstood by her neighbours and her relatives. As a journalist, this scribe was given...

January 25, 2017
Subhajit Sanyal
Potpourri

Winter is all About F-words!

Winter is at its last leg in most Indian cities. Subhajit picked the brains of the young, the now generation, about what they felt about this season. The young...

January 22, 2017
Anumita Roy
Travel & Food

San Diego: The Plymouth of the West

San Diego is a major city some miles south of Los Angeles and reaches the Mexican border to the south. It is considered to be the second biggest city in...

January 20, 2017
Sarika Sarkar Das
Food

Mouth-watering Malpua, Indian Pancakes, for Bhogali Bihu and Sankranti

Last Saturday, it was Bhogali Bihu and Sankranti, in the Northeast and Eastern parts of India. This is also known as ‘Paush Parbon’. A harvest festival, it celebrates plenitude and fertility....

January 4, 2017
Lily Swarn
Food

Folklore: Lord Jagannath offered Rasagullas to Lakshmi to appease her!

The romantic legend that one hears in Odisha is that the Goddess Lakshmi was irked with her husband as he went off for a nine-day trip without her consent. She...

December 20, 2016
Eswar Anandan
Advocacy, History & Culture, Religion

Larung Gar: The Largest Buddhist Learning Centre in the World Being Demolished now

Larung Gar is located in the Kham region of Tibet. It is home to around 40,000 monks, nuns and students, though the official number is around 10,000. The Chinese army...

December 9, 2016
Sonali Chakraborty
Food

A Zingy, Zesty Winter Delight: Murgh Kalimirch Tikka Kabab

Our culinary expert, Sonali, has just the right recipe for the winter, a peppery Murg Kalimirch Tikka Kabab. Other than adding zest to the dish, black pepper is a panacea....

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