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We couldn’t prise the patented haleem recipe of out of anyone’s lips. But here’s a version
Flavour with a Tag
Now, the Hyderabadi Haleem has received a Geographical Indication tag to protect it from poorer imitations that stand to dilute a rich tradition—and make sneaky inroads into a Rs 100 crore cottage industry.
Abhinav Kashyap’s Uneasy Tryst With Fame
The man who doesn’t have a sofa in his home is still coming to terms with becoming a big-time director after Dabangg.
A Brahmin Gives Jesus an Indian Makeover
And there is nothing contradictory or ironic about it, he would have you believe.
Catholic Church Goes Desi
The Catholic church in India is out on a limb to indigenise. Images such as Jesus seated on a lotus in padmasana and the Virgin Mary clad in a sari are now commonplace.
Reflecting Reality
This French artist spent a year with the glass makers of Firozabad to create an installation inspired by the pavements of India.
Salman Khan has a Cold
He’s moody. He ditches. He can destroy careers. So what is it about Salman Khan that makes him so endearing?
Not the Typical Saas-Bahu Serial Writer
Maharashtra Election Commissioner Neela Satyanarayan has the most unusual of hobbies.
They Are Not Exactly Comics
They are political books. Just that everything isn’t merely spelt out, it’s also sketched. And as Indian graphic novels get more and more ambitious, they’re busy re-imagining history, Ambedkar, The Emergency, Jurassic Hyderabad and a lot more.
The Tantrik Town
It seems like any other little town, until practitioners of wizardry and sorcery start turning up in their benevolent avatar as magic healers.
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