Lovely planet

Food festivals are a great way to explore culinary offerings from different parts of the world. Here are four ongoing ones Ramen time From signature dishes of Japan, Singapore and Thailand, to delicacies from the valley of Kashmir, to rare preparations of Peshawari cuisine, here are culinary celebrations that should be on every food lover’s […]

Urban legend

Steven Kapur aka Apache Indian is still very much around, going Boomshakalak with budding artists who are as keen on experimenting with fusion as he is Budding music producer Argenil, with members Rohit Gandhi and Anil Prasad, are releasing their debut EP (extended play record) this month, and it’s packing a punch. Hitting the shelves […]

THE ERA OF EXCELSIOR

“I only wish there was more time.” – Stan Lee, With Great Power..-The Stan Lee Story In the wee hours of Monday morning, a little before 1 am, I got a text from my friend living in Sheffield. “Did you see the news? What a terrible loss. Damn,” it said. Sitting up, I was immediately […]

Celebrating vanity

As festivals and weddings make the winter months one mad whirl, every bride and her entourage need no excuse to check out the latest fashions, from ethnic to global brands As a family wedding required us to shop for something that passes for ‘party wear’, we visited the sought-after stores in Delhi, starting with Zara. […]

Are these deaths or murders?

Our drains, sewers and septic tanks need to be cleaned time and again. Some of these tanks have taken 612 lives since 1993, as per official data. In the one particular incident we investigated, four people died on July 15 last year while cleaning a septic tank. The incident proved that manual scavenging very much […]

NEW AGE THEFT

Cybercrime in India has been identified as the most common kind of financial fraud. The victim often remains clueless until it’s too late Imagine waking up one morning to find that your bank balance is several thousand rupees short. Or that you are in massive debt with the bank. Well, this is exactly how it […]

Valley students on edge

A brawl at a private university in Greater Noida in October put the spotlight on the suspicion with which Kashmiri students are treated on campuses A campus fight which escalated into a full-blown mob attack changed one student’s life forever — he dropped out and joined a militant group. This unfortunate incident at Sharda University […]

Masking health hazards

Delhi’s air pollution level is on an all-time high and people are resorting to anti-pollution accessories to keep themselves safe. But are they really able to shield us from the poor air quality? It is that time of the year again when the quality of air in the capital has become poor and is deteriorating […]