From Peru with flavour

The country has been declared the world’s best food destination six years in a row. No better reason was needed for the embassy to release four cookbooks of the cuisine “Cooking is like painting or writing a song; just as there are many colours or notes, there are many flavours; it’s how you combine them […]

Bacteria can be good

Exposure to pets and rural environments during childhood helps Children raised in a rural environment, surrounded by animals and bacteria, grow up to have more stress-resilient immune systems and may be at lower risk of mental illness than pet-free city dwellers, according to a study. The study published in the journal Proceedings of the National […]

Supermoms need superfoods

Mother’s Day is usually a day for kids to appreciate the maternal care they receive. But it is also a time for mothers to think about their own nutrition needs to help them multi-task This weekend, as we celebrate Mother’s Day, let us worry a little about the health of moms, especially when their kids […]

The battle of VIP sons

In Varuna, Siddaramaiah’s son Yathindra is gearing up to take on Abhishek, JD(S) candidate and son-in-law of Congress’ K Shadakshari. Yeddyurappa’s son was not allowed to contest at the last minute. Thus, the upcoming Karnataka elections are all set to see some ‘son’-rise, as well as some ‘son’-sets Darshan Puttannaiah would have been sitting on […]

Talent Hunt by Anita’s Attic

Anita’s Attic, a creative writing and mentorship programme run by author Anita Nair since 2015 in Bengaluru, has tied up with Penguin Random House with an aim to nurture and empower new literary talent. “As we prepare to commence the next session of Anita’s Attic on June 30, we are very pleased to announce a […]

First information whisper

An extract from the book on Ram Rahim Singh ‘Insan’ by investigative journalist Anurag Tripathi, about the informer who first gave the tip-off 10 years ago that all was not well at Dera Sacha Sauda The next two days were business as usual. We camped next to the phone, fervently hoping for a call from […]

Why so much chaos?

Traffic bottlenecks continue to dog the city, despite all the scientific planning and the new Metro routes and flyovers. Perhaps the answer lies in project delays Delhi is a city of constant construction. When will one be able to see roads without girders, scaffolding, and the haze of dust, coupled with the inevitable traffic congestion […]

Shed that Mayflower mentality

Even the original Puritans who landed on American shores in the pilgrim ship were illegal aliens. So were Bengali Muslims in Harlem. So who’s legit? In the much-talked-about documentary series, Wild Wild Country (Netflix), about Osho Rajneesh, Maa Anand Sheela makes a statement about those hell-bent on stopping them from setting up their commune as […]