The biryani, happily, was the very definition of simple. light-textured, with a subtle tomato-ey twang, it reminded me a lot of a North Indian pulao. The flavour whack came from the sweet-sour Khatta Baingan simmered in a gravy of tamarind, jaggery, fried mustard seeds, and spices, served with it.
The most beautiful aspect of Bad Girl is the way it delves into the mother and daughter relationship, observes Mayur Sanap.
'Tambrahms do not demand or take dowry. UP and Bihar Brahmin girls can marry here without dowry.'
'Everything in life is about timing.' 'I came to films when the disco craze had started.' Everything just fell into place: The shorts, the slimness, the songs, and my combination with Usha Uthup and Bappi Lahiri.'
Sukanya Verma looks at all the significant bald imagery of Bollywood through the years.
Nayantara Patel lists four hotels to visit for the fabulous food they serve.
Anand Venkatramakrishnan tells us how he met Vandana Chaudhary.
'Rajan epitomised the best of his generation -- veneration for knowledge, for old fashioned morality of honesty and modesty.' Economist Devaki Jain, Padma Bhushan, salutes her brother who passed into the ages last week.
What the Indian economy looks like next January will influence her view on India, not her genetics, notes Shekhar Gupta.
BJP's Member of Parliament Tarun Vijay on why he chose to demand national status for Tamil
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