Another reason to love rice

INDIA’S MOST ‘BELOVED’ CROP, CAN DO MORE THAN JUST SATISFY YOUR HUNGER. HERE’S WHY… Rice is the number one staple crop of the world. It is consumed in various ways in different countries. It possesses nutrients, which are of vital importance to human beings. But generally, people are not aware of it and eat it […]

INDIA’S UMAMI BOMB

Hing, arguable the world’s smelliest spice is an olfactory shock for westerners but an integral part of Indian cooking Umami is a word that has been defined and in existence since 1908, but it is only lately — say the last two decades — that chefs, gourmands and food writers have been talking about it. […]

DO WE NEED THAT PLASTIC CARD?

Press freedom is best secured by journalists refusing government accreditation or perhaps, even better, the government scrapping it It was an eventful April 3, 2018, when Union Cabinet Minister of Textiles and Information & Broadcasting Smriti Irani, started a veritable bushfire by issuing an order to check ‘fake news’ by threatening to pull the accreditation […]

A Dragon and an Elephant

It’s in the global interest that India and China, where a quarter of world population resides, are friends. Meanwhile, Chinese president Xi Jinping has become a de facto monarch. ‘The Chinese dragon and Indian elephant must not fight but dance together,’ said the Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi while discussing Beijing’s foreign policy’s ‘new era’ […]

Relation amiacle

Macron’s trip to India led to signing of 14 pacts worth $16 billion in defence, security and nuclear energy based on shared values of democracy, freedom, rule of law and respect for human rights The historic visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to India to commemorate 20 years of India-France strategic partnership was a great […]