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Wastage of food does take place largely in homes and dining halls. | Photo Credit: SREEJITH R. KUMAR A distinctive feature of Indian hospitality is the hoary tradition of treating guests with respect and kindness in accordance with the dictum Athithi Devo Bhava. Feeding guests to their satisfaction is considered a privilege and bounden duty … Read more
A Tesla Cybertruck is a polarising vehicle. | Photo Credit: Getty Images What happens when your dream car becomes the most polarising vehicle in the country? I fell in love with the Cybertruck when Tesla founder Elon Musk unveiled the design. The engineering impressed me, and it fit my needs perfectly. As a triathlon enthusiast, … Read more
True service lies in sacrifice, not in outpacing others. | Photo Credit: Getty Images In today’s fast-paced world, people toil endlessly for money, fame, or power, and often mistake their relentless work for service. True service, however, requires no such excess. No profession demands unyielding labour — not even medicine, where the myth of sacrifice … Read more
No market-based packed pickles can ever match the taste of the home-made variety of yore. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Pickle is nothing less than a tangy and spicy staple of Indian cuisine. Almost every Indian loves to have it with the main course. Fruits and vegetables are fermented with spices, oil and vinegar to … Read more
There used to be a patch of land behind my house. It was rugged and sun-cracked, overgrown and overlooked. I used to watch it from my balcony through the rain, trying to look deep into the pores of the damp earth, as if in doing so, I could see the travails of the water seeping … Read more
On June 13, 2025, the world has, once again, witnessed the dangerous consequences of unilateral militarism when Israel launched a deeply troubling and unlawful strike against Iran and its sovereignty. The Indian National Congress has condemned these bombings and targeted assassinations on Iranian soil, which represent a dangerous escalation with grave regional and global consequences. … Read more
In ensuring the screening of the film Thug Life — thespian Kamal Haasan plays the lead role — in Karnataka, the Supreme Court of India has unequivocally asserted a fundamental free speech principle that certified films cannot be stifled by protests or a recourse to “hurt sentiments”. Following Mr. Haasan’s comment in a pre-launch event, … Read more
Wars, a missing UN Countries in West Asia seem to be burning one after the other, leading to a million dollar question. Where is the United Nations? What is it doing? What was an Israel-Palestine issue has now become an Israel-Iran issue. It almost appears as if the United Nations, the Security Council and the … Read more
May was a month of magical bonanza for United Kingdom-India relations. The long-anticipated Free Trade Agreement was ratified by both Prime Ministers, and it was another milestone that illuminated a different but equally significant dimension of their partnership: culture. On May 2, U.K. Secretary of State for Culture, Rt Hon Lisa Nandy, and India’s Minister … Read more
