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Recently I came across a highly popular TV show in which some people were competing to cook something. The competition was about making a dish with two separate flavours in one dish. In India we call it fusion and in Gurgaon where I live, there is a restaurant that specialises in such dishes. Some of
Eight years ago, my daughter-in-law decided to get a dog. My son and she both work overseas but she wanted an Indian dog. So on one of their visits, she went to a dog shelter and picked out a puppy which, in due course, was taken to their home in Europe. But the dog could
Having lived in Delhi since 1958, I have watched with increasing dismay and despondency, the growth and proliferation of not just cars but also a new species of drivers, the government drivers. These are persons who drive vehicles owned or rented by the government. They have multiplied like rabbits and pose the same level of
Even at the ripe old age of 75 amongst the many things I don’t understand is the idea of brands. Until the 1960s a brand simply meant the maker of the product. Atlas Cycles. Sunlight Soap. Usha Sewing Machine. And so on. These were just names of products, nothing more. Then in the 1970s a
…with the sound of gunfire, the Inter-Continental Kabul is one place that offers a chance of survival… “… there was
They’re not comics, they’re a way of life. They show a way of living, according to Japanese and other fans.
Looking beyond ‘correct’ and ‘incorrect’, particularly with regards to written texts. Where’s it coming from? What is it saying? Before
May we celebrate the 100th article for Wordsworld — strange but true! — with one of my all-time favourite authors?
Read about them in two books that introduce us to persons swept behind personas of history textbooks. Living, loving, breathing,
Most people regard cholesterol as a harmful fat that clogs blood vessels. It frequently makes headlines, and changing medical guidelines can be confusing. Should cholesterol be lowered? If so, to what level? The reality is that all of us have cholesterol in our blood. Cholesterol is an essential component of
Diabetes is not a new disease, as frequently thought, precipitated by our present-day inactive, affluent lifestyles with an abundance of high-calorie, trans fat-laden food. It was described as early as 1550 BC in Egyptian literature and later in the 6th century BC by the Indian physicians Sushruta and Charaka. It
To protect the human species, we need to protect our entire ecosystem, including every plant and animal. Wildlife conservation doesn’t resonate with most people. We are increasingly aware of global warming and the need to preserve our forests, but saving our wildlife doesn’t receive the same level of attention. While
Grant Ennis, an environment expert from Monash University, while speaking on climate disinformation at a webinar I attended last month made a pertinent point. He said we keep using the expression “climate change,” which does not convey the real threat to our planet explicitly. Instead, he said, it would be
Let solar power help you negotiate the ongoing global energy crisis. The energy crisis triggered by the Iran war has set off alarm bells in many quarters, including our homes and offices. More than anything else, a war being fought some 2,800km away has forced us to realise how fragile
