food

The Tree of Life

Shylashri Shankar

What that flower bed by the front door can do to your life

The Hunger Games

In today’s world of frantic networkers, the hunter remains more in tune with nature than an urban denizen. Hunting luncheons are the last bastion of a leisure class that is fast disappearing

McBattle

Aresh Shirali

The burger market sizzles like never before

A Grain of Truth

Dr Ambrish Mithal

When did sweets become an integral part of our diet? In ancient times, honey was probably the source of all sweetness. The first evidence of crystalline sugar in human history comes from India

What you eat, who you eat with and how you eat express religious, ethnic, gender and class identities, and reflect one’s personal views on justice and ethics. The questions posed in relation to food are the sort of issues philosophers like to ponder

Food For the Gods

Shylashri Shankar

Do we, by partaking of a prescribed set of dishes during a festival, connect with our cultural past? Can one say that the purpose of associating the notion of a favourite food with a god was to make the deity more approachable

The Origin of Our Fists

Open

Hands evolved not just to build tools and forage for food but also to throw an effective punch

The Exploding Bubble

Madhavankutty Pillai

What the fate of food delivery apps says about the startup space

The Return of Maggi

Open

Nestle sent the new batches produced in its Karnataka, Punjab and Goa plants for testing in three government approved laboratories which deemed them fine