Each bottle of pickle that leaves FarmDidi, headed to a consumer, has a little kahani behind it -- it's linked to the tale of a life, the life of a simple, striving village woman who created it, and that's what gives Manjari Sharma satisfaction and happiness.
On the 25th anniversary of the battle that made his war cry 'Dil Maange More' part of national lore, we republish that feature to salute Captain Batra's ultimate sacrifice for the nation.
Rajma makes far better kebabs than you imagined.
Sanjeeta Bhattacharya, who will be seen next in Jawan, loves her bargain pick-ups as much as her mother's saris.
Rice goes down far lighter and smoother in summer when turned into a cooling Thayir Sadam.
From saris to tuxedoes to gowns, our favourite B-town ladies rocked all sorts of outfits with a lot sass and confidence in July.
'When resources are few; when frugality demands repairing a broken thing rather than replacing it with a brand new and expensive option, enterprising commoners in rural and urban India improvise on a daily basis and solve their problems with whatever they have,' observes Shivanand Kanavi.
'The competition is all in your head. In reality, it's always you vs you.'
A marriage of stuffed eggplant or brinjal and South Indian-flavoured rice has a new outcome.
Who better can embody the joy of everyday dressing than the Khiladi actress?
Each region in India has its own culinary narrative that speaks through its distinct dishes. Each cuisine packs within itself, textures, layers, ideas and historical nuggets so that all of Indian food cannot be pigeonholed together to say that there is one Indian cuisine. A fascinating extract from Sonal Ved's Whose Samosa Is It Anyway?.
She is being hailed as a fashion icon for all the amazing outfits, many Indian, she wore during the trip.
Get transported to Bengal with this simple, yum meal.
There's nothing more satisfying than a meal of freshly fried puris served with a spicy raseela potato preparation.
Shilpa binges on fries... Deepika in Bhutan... Soha's no make-up day...
Havelock should be your destination for 2024. It is love at every sight!
International Tea Day is a good occasion to brew a special pot of chai.
'My God, we could win half the world over just by our food alone.'
'Children are curious by nature, so I thought of writing these books, which provide creative but convincing explanations and also teach values like sharing is caring,' Sudha Murty tells Chintan Girish Modi.
Making ravioli is slightly more time-consuming than rustling up pasta, but the results are unbeatable, taste-wise.
'They say our mothers lay the early foundation on which we build our dreams and lives. This holds true for me.' Kotak Mahindra Bank CEO Uday Kotak tells us about his mom's wonderful cooking.
Above-normal heatwave days are predicted in most parts of central, east and northwest India during this period.
Celebs who change the rules of the fashion game.
Each corner of the interiors has been designed and laboured over by Garg and his team. It took nearly a year to put every little detail together
Here are interesting variations you can try.
Sanjay Garg put the spotlight on Indian separates at the film festival.
'Everybody knows that any solution would upstage and expose official bungling.' 'That is something Mrs Sitharaman's masters will not allow.' 'No matter how high the cost in human misery, they will squander a fortune on the unnecessary Central Vista extravaganza,' notes Sunanda K Datta-Ray.
It has taken Das and her twin sister 32 years to visit India. The two sisters were just eight months old when they were adopted by a Dutch couple who raised them "like any proud parent would".
For the Stalin government to win back the confidence of voters ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, post-flooding restoration works, their speed and efficacy would be closely watched, and not just by the political Opposition, notes N Sathiya Moorthy.
Sunil Maheswari, the chief executive officer and co-founder of Mango Technologies Pvt Ltd, has many accomplishments to his credit. MINT-Wall Street Journal described Mango Technologies as one of the 'Top Ten Startup Companies of 2008'.
Delight family you might visiting abroad with a gift of homemade theplas.
Indian brands that represent a range of goods and services, from airlines to mangoes, have the potential to match or even upstage well-established global brands, says a marketing guru.
A 12-year-old Indian girl, who was abandoned at a railway station in Bihar as an infant, has become the head teacher at a school in Kusumbhara, her adopted village.
Santosh Patkar of Devgadh Taluka Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra is a worried man these days. Devgadh, which is known as the home to world famous Alphonso variety of mangoes, has seen an unusual drop in yields which is affecting farmers' income. Being one of the primary agricultural produce from the area, Santosh is not untouched by this somewhat rare phenomenon. He said in his own mango garden, yields have come down by a third from most trees.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Sunday shared pictures of samosas, saying he would have liked to share the popular snack with the Indian leader.
'Money must be produced constantly.' 'This need is driving people to find work, and for many of them, it is working for a living for the first time in their lives,' observes Aakar Patel.
A glass of well-made gazpacho is more refreshing than a Bloody Mary or a lassi.
