Wot u see c isn’t wot u get

If there’s anything you wanted to know about porn and didn’t know whom to ask, read this book. Its tagline goes: ‘How to survive the porn epidemic in India’ BOY: “How to have sex? Of course, I know how to do it! Ha, are you kidding? We do have internet in Bhopal, you know.” GIRL: […]

CHEF OF THE WEEK

Chef Pranshu Kanwal has been in the hospitality industry for eight years, learning the techniques and mastering his signature cuisine. He is currently the Chef de Partie at Indus Express, Vivanta by Taj, Dwarka, where he oversees the kitchen operations, delighting the guests with his signature dishes. He also has the responsibility of training and […]

Himalayan odyssey

A menu that has delectable flavours of undivided Punjab will take you on a culinary journey from the land of five rivers to Kashmir, Khyber and Lahore Indus Express at Vivanta Dwarka brings to you the finest influences flavours of undivided Punjab, with hints of the bordering provinces — Khyber, Kashmir, Faisalabad and Lahore. That […]

For the love of government jobs

Late marriages are becoming an issue in J&K, as matchmaking parents only want grooms with government jobs since successive governments have failed to create enough job opportunities in the Kashmir Valley, the institution of marriage is said to have come under tremendous strain. According to Ezbair Ali, who works with the NGO Ehsaas, the prerogative […]

Moderate and charismatic

In these photos taken by Indian Express photo editor Praveen Jain over the years, Atal Bihari Vajpayee can be seen in many moods  

Mass mourning

People gather in large numbers to shower petals on Vajpayee’s last remains as the procession passes down Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg Photos: Harkirat Kaur

Man of the Middle Ground

It was in February 1999 that I first saw and heard Atal Bihari Vajpayee in person. I was an undergraduate student in Hindu College, Delhi University, and Vajpayee was the chief guest for the college’s centenary celebrations. I was in a crowd of a large number of students who had gathered to hear the Prime […]

‘My journey with him, in one word: Intense’

“He always came across as someone very normal, and humane—but also one who never swayed from his ideologies.” This is what Shakti Sinha said of his friend and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, minutes before Vajpayee passed away. Sinha, currently the director of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, was more than glad to […]