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Heart and Hearth: A culinary school serves rigour with tenderness
Heart and Hearth: A culinary school serves rigour with tenderness
3 min read
In a world turning inward, we need education that teaches skill without narrowing the spirit, and hospitality that lets us recognise ourselves in the person across the table. A plate nourishes for an ...
Still Unravelling: A contemporary appraisal of Gandhi
3 min read
The most intense confrontation between Gandhi and his critics took place over religion and Hindu-Muslim issues. His assassination was not an act of a madman but the outcome of a diametrically opposite ...
Moveable Marvels: Designer Priyanka Shah reimagines materials and memories as artistic collectibles
8 min read
Fire and Ice: AS Dulat opens up about his first novel
5 min read
Kashmir has always loomed large in AS Dulat’s life. The former R&AW chief speaks to Kaveree Bamzai about revisiting the Valley in his first novel
Between The Tiles: The game of Mahjong is evolving into a lifestyle pursuit
8 min read
Rubio Says US Citizen Killed in Riyadh Airport Strike; India Calls For Immediate Cessation
3 min read
Saudi authorities say the dead include an American; Rubio says the attacks “must stop now,” and India calls them “completely unacceptable”
Nepal Flood Sweeps Away Houses in Gorkha, Riverside Residents Told to Evacuate
2 min read
A sudden surge in the Budhi Gandaki River triggered warnings across riverside settlements on Sunday. No casualties have been reported so far, and authorities are investigating the cause
‘Competition Would Benefit Indians’: Musk Escalates Starlink Row
3 min read
Elon Musk says Starlink will need affordable pricing to win Indian customers. The government maintains that all three licensed satellite operators must meet security requirements before launching serv ...
Maggi Sold Us Two-Minute Noodles. Now It Wants Two Minutes of Us
5 min read
From “Mummy, bhook lagi hai” to a table that tests how well families know one another, Maggi has expanded the emotional job of its noodles. A shared bowl can start a conversation. How much of what fol ...