News for 'lunch-box'

Recipe: Cranberry Pulihora

Recipe: Cranberry Pulihora

Rediff.com6 days ago

Bethica Das experiments with cranberries to make an enticing kind of Tamarind Rice.

Simple Habits To Keep Your Child Healthy

Simple Habits To Keep Your Child Healthy

Rediff.com10 Feb 2026

rediffGURU Dr Deepa Suvarna, a practising paediatrician with over 25 years of experience recommends simple lifestyle changes to improve your child's immunity, sleep and appetite.

How A Sanitation Worker Became A Celebrity

How A Sanitation Worker Became A Celebrity

Rediff.com23 Jan 2026

S Padma, a street cleaner in Chennai, found a box full of gold worth more than Rs 45 lakh and returned it. 'I have been sweeping the streets of Chennai for 21 years. Nobody in the street knew me. I was just a faceless, nameless sanitation worker in an orange and blue uniform.'

Recipe: Bethica's Makhana Millet Tikkis

Recipe: Bethica's Makhana Millet Tikkis

Rediff.com29 Oct 2025

Why can't tikkis be made with millets and makhana?

Tell us what's in your lunch box?

Tell us what's in your lunch box?

Rediff.com14 Jan 2020

Share pics of what's in your lunch box and we'll publish the best responses.

Now, message in the lunch box

Now, message in the lunch box

Rediff.com21 May 2007

Last week, lunch boxes delivered by Mumbai's formidable army of dabbawallas (delivery boys) came with a small tag.

Dabba Cartel Review: High Five!

Dabba Cartel Review: High Five!

Rediff.com28 Feb 2025

Dabba Cartel's reluctant black comedy in the body of a crime thriller starts out interestingly enough to accomplish its Narcos: Thane aspirations, notes Sukanya Verma.

Recipe: Bethica's Black Rice Idlis

Recipe: Bethica's Black Rice Idlis

Rediff.com30 Jul 2024

Using black rice in your idlis makes them more nourishing.

Recipe: Bethica's Aloo Bhaat

Recipe: Bethica's Aloo Bhaat

Rediff.com1 Dec 2023

For a Bengali, this simple dish spells home.

Recipe: Bethica's Foxtail Millet Dosa

Recipe: Bethica's Foxtail Millet Dosa

Rediff.com2 Aug 2023

Swap your regular dosas for a healthier option that's nutritious.

Tiffin Recipe: Nadiya's Falafel Wrap

Tiffin Recipe: Nadiya's Falafel Wrap

Rediff.com13 Dec 2023

An especially yum falafel recipe that your children will love.

Backstage With India's Top Models

Backstage With India's Top Models

Rediff.com14 Oct 2021

Candid model moments from the FDCI x Lakme Fashion Week.

Bethica Das' Moringa Leaf Thepla

Bethica Das' Moringa Leaf Thepla

Rediff.com8 Apr 2022

Bethica Das offers a special version of the traditional Gujarati style Methi Nu Thepla.

7,000 invitees, over 10,000 cops at Red Fort for I-Day celebrations

7,000 invitees, over 10,000 cops at Red Fort for I-Day celebrations

Rediff.com13 Aug 2022

Lunch boxes, water bottles, remote-controlled car keys, cigarette lighters, briefcases, handbags, cameras, binoculars, umbrellas and similar items will not be allowed at the Red Fort premises, he said.

What's on Bollywood's plate?

What's on Bollywood's plate?

Rediff.com25 Aug 2020

What are film folk eating these days?

Mumbai's dabbawalas allowed to travel in local trains

Mumbai's dabbawalas allowed to travel in local trains

Rediff.com7 Oct 2020

Mumbai Dabbawala Association is skeptic about resumption of services in full capacity amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Relax uniform norms, modify timings: Govt's guidelines schools amid heatwave

Relax uniform norms, modify timings: Govt's guidelines schools amid heatwave

Rediff.com11 May 2022

' Number of school hours per day may be reduced. Sports and other outdoor activities which expose students directly to the sunlight may be appropriately adjusted in the early morning'

What's on Amyra Dastur's mind?

What's on Amyra Dastur's mind?

Rediff.com5 Aug 2020

A look at what these film folk are doing these days.

You'll love these delicious food pics

You'll love these delicious food pics

Rediff.com24 Mar 2019

Presenting the best food pics shared by our readers this week.

Sonali Bendre's sweet potato khichdi recipe

Sonali Bendre's sweet potato khichdi recipe

Rediff.com18 Jan 2020

The actor gave a twist to the famous Maharastrian sabudana khichdi.

BJP says Punjab cops stopped workers from reaching rally site

BJP says Punjab cops stopped workers from reaching rally site

Rediff.com6 Jan 2022

Punjab BJP chief Ashwani Sharma said a large number of buses and other vehicles carrying BJP workers and other people were prevented from reaching the rally site.

Mumbai's changing face hurts dabbawalas' growth

Mumbai's changing face hurts dabbawalas' growth

Rediff.com19 Oct 2011

Craze for fast food and growing trend among the youngsters to eat out have led to near stagnation in the customer base of famed Mumbai dabbawalas.

Letter inside chapati: How Mufti's daughter sent her notes

Letter inside chapati: How Mufti's daughter sent her notes

Rediff.com7 Feb 2020

Explaining how she sent her notes back to her mother, Iltija said, "My grandmother found an ingenious solution. The letter I wrote was folded into a tiny square and carefully sealed, rolled and locked inside the middle of a chapatti."

Mumbai's 'Dabbawalas' hike charges to fight rising inflation

Mumbai's 'Dabbawalas' hike charges to fight rising inflation

Rediff.com2 Jul 2014

Be prepared to pay to Mumbai's Dabbawala's.

No Party Can Solve Punjab's Problems!

No Party Can Solve Punjab's Problems!

Rediff.com15 Feb 2022

Punjab faces many mortal threats. For most of these the people of Punjab are themselves responsible. And unless they take a brutal hard look within, their future generations have to be resigned to continue living with this constant slide, warns Shekhar Gupta.

Who hates online school more? You or your child?

Who hates online school more? You or your child?

Rediff.com6 Jul 2020

With the arrival of the monsoon, many schools across the country, began the June term. And for the first time in their lives your children began to experience online school. Love it, like it or hate it?

Irrfan: I always missed the mango pickle in my lunchbox

Irrfan: I always missed the mango pickle in my lunchbox

Rediff.com17 Sep 2013

The actor talks about his widely appreciated indie film, The Lunchbox.

Tiger diaries: A jaw dropping moment!

Tiger diaries: A jaw dropping moment!

Rediff.com31 Jul 2018

Rediff readers shared these photographs of tigers.

Mumbai dabbawalas extend support to Anna's fast

Mumbai dabbawalas extend support to Anna's fast

Rediff.com6 Aug 2011

Extending support to social activist Anna Hazare over Lokpal Bill issue, Mumbai's famous dabba-walas (lunch-box carriers) on Friday said there would be no service on August 16, the day he proposes to start his hunger strike.

How to keep your kid away from junk food

How to keep your kid away from junk food

Rediff.com2 Mar 2020

Your child's nutrition is not a difficult deal if you can understand what they like and reasons behind it.

Dabbawalas to represent Maharashtra at R-Day

Dabbawalas to represent Maharashtra at R-Day

Rediff.com3 Jan 2010

Famed for their proficiency in delivering lunch-boxes, Mumbai Dabbawalas will again make Maharashtra proud while representing the state in the Republic Day parade at the national capital. "We would display uninterrupted service of Dabbawalas on the Republic Day parade in Delhi," Secretary for Tourism and Culture Anand Kulkarni told PTI.

Police claim Naxals raise funds in Mumbai'

Police claim Naxals raise funds in Mumbai'

Rediff.com1 Jul 2008

The revelations were allegedly made by Arun Pereira, who the police accuse of being a Naxal ideologue, during a narco analysis test in Bangalore. Pereira says the information released after the test is fabricated.

Making the most of limited resources

Making the most of limited resources

Rediff.com11 Feb 2008

A simple exercise of cooking with constraints can teach a lessson or two in entrepreneurship, like entrepreneurs have to struggle with limited ingredients all the time.

India orders 95 biryanis per minute: Swiggy

India orders 95 biryanis per minute: Swiggy

Rediff.com24 Dec 2019

So Swiggy offered 35,056 varieties of biryani to its users, says Peerzada Abrar.

Get rich, sitting at home

Get rich, sitting at home

Rediff.com8 Dec 2005

School students go hungry in Patna

School students go hungry in Patna

Rediff.com24 Jan 2005

Hundreds of school children in Patna on Saturday skipped lunch as a mark of protest against the abduction of a Delhi Public School student.

Hindu gods on sandals? It's marketing, stupid!

Hindu gods on sandals? It's marketing, stupid!

Rediff.com18 Oct 2004

Be it doormats, toiletries or beachwear, the moment these products have sketches of Indian idols, they become a rage in western markets.

What's in Katrina's dabba? She tells us

What's in Katrina's dabba? She tells us

Rediff.com15 Jan 2020

When Twinkle Khanna asked her celebrity friends what was in their dabba, everyone wrote in and sent their recipes as well. What does Katrina Kaif like to include in her dabba? She tells us here.

7 exercises to teach your mom on Women's Day

7 exercises to teach your mom on Women's Day

Rediff.com8 Mar 2019

You will need less than 30 minutes to perform these workouts.

Prez, PM, leaders across party lines mourn Irrfan Khan's death

Prez, PM, leaders across party lines mourn Irrfan Khan's death

Rediff.com29 Apr 2020

President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and other political leaders across the country on Wednesday mourned the demise of actor Irrfan Khan, calling him a 'rare talent' who will be greatly missed.