Alchemy of flavours

Best known for its molecular gastronomical delights, Farzi Café serves its creations with panache Now that Aerocity is also ‘Farzified’, we decide to find out what makes this chain a popular dine out option. To begin with, the plating is really admirable. Farzi gets full marks for the presentation and the crockery—both are pure art. […]

Spiritual strains

With Delhi playing host to two Sufi performances later this month, it’s a good time to look at a music genre that has a strong spiritual message and appeals to a wide audience “It is the message, not the man, that is important to the Sufis” ~ Idries Shah A few centuries ago, Delhi used […]

You don’t have to feel old – or look it

Anti-ageing therapies can remove many of the signs that you are getting on in years. It all depends on how much you time and money you want to spend Ageing is inevitable, of course, but that doesn’t stop the older lot from wanting to turn the clock back. After hair, which most people over 40 […]

Routine tests give peace of mind

Add this to your New Year Resolutions: ‘Go for an annual health check’. Routine screening helps to catch early signs of trouble Annual health checks are a must – even when you think you are in good health. Let doctors evaluate your state of wellbeing. There’s a chance some trouble may be brewing, so early […]

To pay or not to pay

Even as we pay for the content we consume, we still run away from paid music because when anything can be availed for free, why bother? If you like it then you should’ve put a ring on it (slowly fading away). Song finishes. “Listen to Diljeet Dosanjh’s new song. (A clip of the song plays)Putt […]

Delhi is armed to the teeth

Fatalities from celebratory firing are just one of the reasons why stricter gun control along with checks on illegal arms are imperative “Until we fix men, we need to fix the gun problem”, tweeted comedian Michael Ian Black, in the face of mass shootings in America. Here in India too, this is only too relatable […]

Tug of war

The Delhi government is adamant on not implementing centre’s Ayushman Bharat scheme. But is this political quagmire going to deprive patients of benefits? is Delhi’s healthcare setup efficient enough to provide the same assistance? Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), a scheme touted as the world’s largest government-funded healthcare programme — has […]

No thought control

Taking a cue from the initiatives undertaken by a Swedish preschool, India’s education system must aim to ingrain gender neutrality in children from the outset “We are not limiting, we are adding. We are not changing the kids, we are changing our own thoughts,” explains Lotta Rajalin, founder of Egalia (a preschool in Sweden), who […]