'Like public smoking, like the decriminalisation of homosexuality, like the acceptance of medical marijuana, veganism awaits its generational change,' says Aakar Patel.
'The bonhomie that once characterised the Shiv Sena and BJP was clearly missing this time. Is there a deeper divide than what was apparent?'
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Rediff reader Reshma Aslam shares some appetizing vegetarian soup recipes for the season.
Reshma Aslam tells us how to cook a healthy, relishing breakfast.
Close friend Tarun Vijay pays tribute to the four-time Goa chief minister and former defence minister who passed into the ages on Sunday.
'In the end, investing is about people.' 'If you get the right people, they make things happen,' Mengistu Alemayehu tells Shyamal Majumdar.
A delicious Parsi-style cottage cheese preparation. Do you have a recipe to share? Email it to us!
Chef Yogesh Amin shares simple recipes you can try at home.
According to the New York Times, Tamil Nadu has a 'rich and undiscovered history'.
Reshma Aslam tells us how to give a twist to the traditional poha.
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Early Cricket Club chairman Gary Shacklady, himself a vegan, realised that many of the meals, especially at away grounds, were inaccessible to many of the players. This included the team's Hindu and Muslim players, who do not eat beef and pork for religious reasons.
'At home, being vegan is no real problem, and other than dairy (dahi, chhaas, ghee and kadhi) I can eat normally.' 'There is, of course, the eschewing of meat and as someone who likes (should I say liked?) Naga pork and beef steaks, and has eaten snake and dog, going vegan is unusual,' says Aakar Patel.
Readers reminisce their bitter sweet experiences of ordering meals in the Indian Railways.
The revision in food tariff, which is included in the total fare in premier trains, also comes with a revised menu.
Himanshu Sehgal is traveling across India, armed with a plate and a camera.
He may have been in the news for all the wrong reasons but the greater irony is that Muslim stand-up comic Munawar Faruqui's best jokes ridicule Muslims, and are wolfed down by Muslims, who form the majority of his 177,000 Instagram followers, notes Jyoti Punwani.
'Give cash assistance of Rs 75 per person per day and an android phone and you will see the economy reviving.'
Reshma Aslam tells us how to whip up a popular South Indian dish for breakfast.
'Today, everybody is on the computer, everybody on the mobile.' 'There is very less physical activity.' 'The treatment most effective in reducing heart disease is exercise.' 'It is very, very, important.'
Jammu and Kashmir MLA Ramesh Arora wants momos banned, but are they really unhygienic and harmful?
How would you like to have it? S Saraswathi helps us with a few recipes.
Rediff reader Sidharth Jain tells us how he lost weight.
Japanese cuisine gets a vegetarian twist in India.
Zomato's Users Choice Awards features the best restaurants in Mumbai.
'I believe in giving my opinions and standing up for what's right but in the past two-three years, I thought it was scary to say anything because everything is twisted and a lot of it was damaging my career. People are just nasty.' Sonam Kapoor puts on a brave front for Neerja.
In an online chat with readers, chef Sanjeev Kapoor shares interesting anecdotes from his culinary journey.
Model Prabhjot Singh shares his fitness mantras.
Celebrated chef Gaggan Anand answered readers' queries on June 9. For those who missed the live chat, here is the unedited chat transcript.
With the family patriarch ageing, his successor H D Kumaraswamy not keeping well, and palpable anger against his other son H D Revanna in the family pocket borough of Holenarsipura, the clan is seemingly in decline.
They swear by vegetarianism to not only save our environment and animals, but also to maintain their lithe, sculpted figure.
Bring out your earthenware and clay pots, don your apron and get cooking!
'It's very tough for someone, who doesn't have a filmi background, to get work in Bollywood. It's not a smooth ride unless you are really lucky. But I think one has to be prepared for that. I must have given 30 auditions for films alone.' Rajkummar Rao survived the struggle to give us some brilliant films.
Tension had been brewing between Maharashtra MPs of the Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party. Shiv Sena MPs believe they have been sidelined and treated shabbily at the Sadan. Dhanya Rajendran reports
Moushumi Chatterjee on her co-stars and how they guided her throughout her career.
Amit Jain tells Shyamal Majumdar about his dream to make Uber the 'safest place in the city'
Mini Ribeiro tells you how to make the most of winter spices.
With months to go for the Karnataka assembly elections, the man in the hot seat, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah says he'll make billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi and the Punjab National Bank scam an issue in the upcoming Karnataka elections . In an interview to CNN-News18's Deepa Balakrishnan, the CM also says that Hindutva is not a campaign issue in the state.
