As Prabhakaran was leaving his house, Rajiv Gandhi called his son Rahul and asked him to fetch his (Gandhi's) bulletproof jacket. He put the jacket on Prabhakaran's back and remarked with his usual charming smile: "Take care of yourself."
With rising incomes, education, and health awareness in India, especially in the big cities, droves of people are saying no to sugar.
Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com captures scenes from Ayodhya hours before the pran prathishta ceremony.
Mother's Day reminded me of how my mom learned to cook Indian food.
What are you cooking this Diwali? Tell us!
Do you know how to buy the best lady's fingers? Or choose the best cauliflower?
Kuch healthy ho jaaye iss Raksha Bandhan.
In the letter to the Bihar CM, the Bharatiya Janata Party MP and rural development minister said, 'Things which have no connection with Islam are being Islamised. Some institutions have become self-proclaimed in giving halal certificate and are giving halal certificate to companies manufacturing goods by paying huge sums of money.'
Meghalaya offers more beauty and adventure than you could dream of.
'My best memory is celebrating my birthday with a pani puri party with my friends.'
Try this refreshingly light and wholesome take on the Andhra tamarind gravy.
Make this dessert the hero of your Diwali menu.
Lack of sleep, unhealthy eating habits, physical inactivity and a stressful daily schedule stemming from demanding career paths to juggling multiple hats on the personal front are some factors that increase health challenges, especially in young Indians, notes dietician Sheryl Salis.
Tokyo -- the songs Japan, Love In Tokyo and Sayonara from the 1966 Hindi film automatically pop up in the mind -- is buzzing and crowded like any other metropolis, discovers Deepa Gahlot. The modern apartment blocks are built cheek by jowl, so close together that one can open the window and borrow sugar from the neighbour in the next building. One of the fears of the Indian traveller is the unavailability of vegetarian food. Every city and town in Japan has an array of Indian restaurants that serve every variety of cuisine, right from Gujarati to Punjabi to Andhra and Kerala meals.
If you are fasting, you must steer clear of processed and packaged foods as they often contain additives, preservatives and excessive salt or sugar which can disrupt the purity and purpose of your diet, says dietician Ruchi Rai.
These deep-fried Corn Cheese Balls can be made from scratch in less than 40 minutes.
The DMK has performed well in the general election and will get more seats than its rival, the AIADMK, in the by-elections. But this victory won' help them, reports A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com.
Stick to gluten-free meals as often as possible. This includes bread, roti, random snacks, bready dishes like pizza (unless it is sourdough), crackers, etc.
Rajma makes far better kebabs than you imagined.
'I always say you really cannot own a recipe.' 'In India, where, we have been cooking for thousands of years, how can you put a finger and say, 'This is mine'?'
Why just eat noodles and samosa separately when you can combine them together for a tasty treat?
Useful tips from fitness expert Meenakshi Mohanty to ensure that you keep your health a priority during this time of decadent meals and excessive drinks.
Adopting a healthy lifestyle as a family or even with friends will go a long way in curbing the dangers of midnight cravings.
A young couple sharing a laugh - in the living room over a Polish joke book, on the beach, in the rain - with the tagline, "Made for each other", hung from billboards at prominent street corners from the 1960s to the 1990s. It was a campaign for one of the largest selling cigarette brands in India, Wills (Navy Cut) from the ITC stable, that resonated with a generation of smokers and non-smokers alike till the curtains came down on tobacco advertising in 2004. As we prepare to welcome 2024, ITC has metamorphosed from a tobacco giant into a conglomerate straddling multiple large-sized businesses. In the mind space of Gen Z or millennials, the company represents a gamut of branded products - from frozen food (ITC Master Chef), noodles (YiPPee!), and cookies (Sunfeast) to snacks (Bingo!) and notebooks (Classmate), and so on and so forth.
A unique snack recipe for masala potato-stuffed cabbage rolls.
A peanut stuffed snack invented for winter evenings with garam chai.
Rava Ladoo, Besan Ladoo, Paneer Kheer and more. You can share yours too!
A look at the several varieties of Misal Pav you must try.
'Have ghee with rice, roti or dal, and remember to enjoy and cherish its impact on your life and the life of your child.'
Miss World 2024 will be crowned in India soon. Long before Aishwarya Rai and Priyanka Chopra, Yukta Mukhey and Diana Hayden, a beautiful woman from Bombay was crowned Miss World. In 1966. Reita Faria was India's first Miss World. Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/ Rediff.com met the 80 year old in Dublin recently, still as elegant, still as attractive as she was all those years ago.
Reader Sarani Tarafder tells us how to make Jalebis in 30 minutes.
He talked of snacking on crisps, sweets and donuts with his fellow queuers to keep their energy up.
Living away from home can be tough, especially if you have to cook on your own or rely on takeaways. Simple solutions for you!
Hitesh Harisinghani shows you how to make the perfect Mumbai snack.
Nath said the foot march will enter the central Indian state from Burhanpur district on Wednesday morning.
It's a perfect curry when served hot, topped with a dollop of butter, with rotis.
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