From Zoroastrians of Iran to the last descendants of Aryans, these foreign communities came to India and never really left. The great Urdu poet Firaq Gorakhpuri wrote: Sar Zamin-e-hind par aqwaam-e-alam ke firaq/…
Marking the 75th year of India’s existence as an independent nation with heartwarming stories from across the country, each one of them celebrating something quintessentially Indian.
All the way from the highlands of Changthang region in Ladakh, pashmina or ‘the soft gold’ comes with the tale of a regal past and the promise of a lustrous future. I…
Now synonymous with Holi, the festival of colours, this is the story of how gujiya — the crescent-shaped sweet — warmed into the heart of the celebration, not only in the North…
A story of food and migration seen through post-Partition restaurants in India and the rise of dishes like butter chicken, dal makhani, Pindi chhole and tandoori fare. The Partition was one of…
The year 2020 came and went in a haze of fear and frenzy. What we all missed in the midst of the pandemic, was the centenary of the creation of Mumbai’s most…
The proud venue of the Republic Day celebrations, Rajpath along with other iconic landmarks scattered throughout Lutyens’ Delhi, stands at the crosswords of time, waiting for a new chapter to either make…
It’s sweet, popular and has inspired many a variant, each cloyingly addictive. But how did the unassuming boondi ka ladoo come to be associated with Republic Day? A few years ago, when…
Healthy, hearty, and soothingly hued, when it comes to brightening a winter morning, nothing quite does it like a bowl of warm carrot halwa, lovingly called gajrela or gajar ka halwa. There…
Once an ancient trading port with connections across the world, Muziris is again a hub today, but this time, it attracts global patrons of art, heritage and culture. The heavy monsoon rains…
Many of the venerable sweet shops of Old Delhi came here after Partition, carrying with them the flavours and heritage of an undivided India. There is a glow in ex-cricketer Hari Gidwani’s…
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