Vegetable - Different Truths

February 6, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Turning Pot on Top, Congress Courts Controversy: BJP Gets a Neech-Like Handle for Karnataka

Spandana woke up to PM Modi’s ‘top’ comment and tweeted that question “Is this what happens when you’re on ‘pot’?”, which has now become a top controversy, with the...

January 10, 2018
Lily Swarn
Food

Gatte ki Sabzi

Lily tells us about Gatte ki Sabzi and the rich cultural heritage of Rajasthan, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. The land of Maharajas, deserts and scenic...

December 13, 2017
Lily Swarn
Food

The 500-year-old Legacy of Stuffed Turkey during Christmas Dinner in Britain Continues

William Strickland from Yorkshire introduced turkeys to Britain more than 500 years ago. Even though King Edward VII made turkey eating fashionable at Christmas, it was King Henry VIII...

December 2, 2017
Basudeb Chakraborti
Criticism, Multiculturalism

American writers of the Indian sub-continent are women. They are Mary Anne Mohan Raj, Bharati Mukherjee, Jhumpa Lahiri and Bapsi Sidhwa, Pakistan’s important diasporic writer. In their writings, what...

December 1, 2017
Shameena Abdurahiman
Beauty, Health

Why is Sleep Important? – III

In the third and final part of the three-part article on sleep, our fashionista, Shameena, tells us why sleep is important. Read more in the weekly column, exclusively in...

November 15, 2017
Lily Swarn
Food

The Origin and Journey of Kachori, a Popular Indian Street Food

Lily tells us about the origin and journey of Kachoris along the trade routes in India. Learn more about the delicious street food, in the weekly column, exclusively in...

November 8, 2017
Lily Swarn
Food

The Journey of Halva to India

No one is exactly sure when halva, the dish or its name travelled south and east to Syria, Lebanon, the Gulf states and then to Afghanistan, finally reaching India....

October 29, 2017
Tapati Sinha
Food

A Culinary Journey

A chutney prepared in a mixer-grinder would taste somewhat different from one made on a stone grinder. Heritage style of cooking from diverse regions, though elaborative and with a...

October 9, 2017
Ritambhara K Upadhyay
Health

Three Ways Cinnamon Facilitates Weight Loss

Ritambhara tells us about the health benefits of cinnamon, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Weight loss is supposedly the most talked about topic nowadays as obesity...

September 28, 2017
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Nostalgia, Relationship & Lifestyle, Special Feature

Durga Pujo in Delhi: Then and Now

Ruchira remembers Durga Pujo of her childhood days. She tells us about the slow and sure changes that are taking place, for various reasons, in the celebrations. Read more...

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