'I was in China and when they learnt I had made Disco Dancer, they started singing Jimmy Jimmy, Aaja Aaja.'
In 2020, after the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, several five-star hotel chains commenced home delivery of food as a lot of people preferred to stay indoors. A year later, as the Covid situation worsens, such hotels are going the extra mile to cater for the gastronomical needs of their customers. With health, nutrition, and immunity occupying the mind spaces, these hotels are crafting menus that are not only high on health quotient, but also have food capable of improving the mood. The move, they hope, would help them get more customers as prices are also competitive.
'The death certificate which I once read even states the date, 6 August, but I know that already.' 'Every year, we observe paath at the local gurdwara for which we need to take leave from school. The leave form always says 'attending father's death anniversary'. 'I always dread this day -- the long walk from my desk to the teacher's table with my diary in hand and in it a handwritten note dripped with sadness despite its curt language.' 'What generally follows is pity on my teacher's face, a deep sigh of sympathy and a sad pat on the back.' A moving excerpt from Gurmehar Kaur's memoir Small Acts Of Freedom.
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Words of advice from Oscar award-winning actors are all very fine. How about some from a 20-year-old? Mass media student Chhaya Ranka has a few things to say.
Again would offer two variants of double-toned milk with almonds, cashews, dates; and strawberry, chocolate, jaggery - and two variants of double-toned yoghurt - alphonso mango; and carrot, orange, banana.
'Waging battle over a jar of marmalade seemed petty beyond belief so I simply lost my craving for the preserve,' Kishore Singh writes
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The Cash actor entertains the contestants with his 'talent'.
The 55-year-old executive takes over on August 1.
The deposit has been made on account of the rate reductions approved by the GST Council in its November. The rate was reduced on items including shampoo, detergents, chocolates, beauty products, sanitary ware, leather clothing, cookers, stoves, after-shave, deodorant, detergent and washing power. Companies found it difficult to pass on the benefits to consumers immediately at the time of GST rate reduction owing to logistical issues.
What the stars have in store for your romantic life.
'After days of waiting in uncertainty and anguish, I was finally going home.'
Many people only think of reaching orgasm during sex, says Gaurav Gupta. Thinking about it all the time disrupts the area of the brain responsible for orgasm. Instead, focus on your partner and their feelings.
Neri Oxman is an award winning architect who combines technology with botany and life.
Siddhartha many customers who grew up on coffee and conversations at his cafes mourned his death and disagreed that he had failed. Some said it was the place they first thought of their 'big idea'.
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India's tax authorities began investigating Cadbury in 2011.
'What you do today defines what you are going to be tomorrow.'
Canine lover and dog trainer Pooja Sathe Gawande answers your queries.
Lakshmi Sharath loses herself in the narrow lanes of a magical city.
These predictions will ensure you have the perfect romantic day.
Domestic food companies, too, continue to bet on packaged foods.
Cakes, brownies and cookies -- you name it and this MasterChef India Season 6 contestant can make it, and make it healthy.
Has the advent of technology made it easier, or more difficult, for brands to communicate with you and your valentine?
'Why not knock off a few more kilos and a couple of inches now that the desire for an amble has replaced that for cheesecake?' wonders Kishore Singh.
The most common mistake people make is trying to do everything on their own.
Although we all have tastebuds that are dying to sample all the yummy food around us, we must remember that anything in excess is bad.
'I love my cousin'-- Do you? Perhaps, you don't mean it!
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For the love of films... and larger-than-life food!
'#metoo has put front and centre an issue that society has suppressed for far too long,' says Kanika Datta.
Their pics will send you into a food coma!
You'll love its mild taste and crumbling texture, insists Shipra Dudeja.
Indrani dressed in a short purple kurta and leggings, with a bandhini green-purple chunni, sindhoor glowing in her mang, was receiving a drubbing from her lawyers for the facts she had revealed before the court on Tuesday while arguing the rejoinder to her bail application. She was insisting: "But he asked me for a motive!"
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