Satvik food is de rigueur this time of the year in most Western and Northern Indian homes, say chefs and food historians Arundhuti Dasgupta and Shally Seth Mohile.
This is your chance to squeeze in a quick trip before the monsoon sets in.
Tarla Dalal, noted food writer, chef, best-selling cookbook author and host of cooking shows, passed away on Wednesday morning.
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Beyond 'eat something before your workout', take their advice with a pinch of salt, warns Jyoti Dabas.
Lucinda Nicholas, who got evicted from the popular reality show, tells you everything you must know if you ever participate in Bigg Boss.
The banyan tree and the green chilli; the crow and the beetle; the rose and the mango; the informality and good humour of its people... Beloved author Ruskin Bond continues Rediff.com's special series on India's treasures, and tells Archana Masih that India's wealth lies in its simple splendours.
'I am as Bengali as they come in my cultural and personal orientation and I think probably all the BJP candidates who are contesting are pretty non-vegetarian in their food and as Bengali in their cultural orientation.'
Mini Ribeiro lists her 10 favourite biryani places in Mumbai.
Stopped drinking milk? Kavita Devgan gives you 8 reasons to start again.
Tackle your hair and skin problems with expert help from Dr Dinesh Jain.
You'll end up being more satisfied, eat your food without guilt and be healthier.
Post Brexit, Irish universities are seeing a surge in applications says Barry O'Driscoll, senior spokesperson for Education in Ireland.
Manavi Kapur goes behind the scenes to find out what it takes to be a successful woman wrestler.
Banning meat is cruel demonetisation. It is stealing from the poor, nothing less, writes Sunita Narain.
Tackle your hair and skin problems with expert help from Dr Dinesh Jain.
Share your memories of the food you ate on your train journey.
The brand which has been endorsed by the likes of Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian and Padma Lakshmi will open the first outlet in New Delhi next April.
Burger King's entry is expected to heat up the burger chain market in India, dominated by McDonald's.
According to the New York Times, Tamil Nadu has a 'rich and undiscovered history'.
A new restaurant in Connaught Place serves platefuls of nostalgia and drama for Dharmendra fans.
As Melania Trump arrives in Ahmedabad, Sheela Bhatt offers the First Lady Of The United States a primer on one of India's oldest, and historic, cities.
Readers reminisce their bitter sweet experiences of ordering meals in the Indian Railways.
Rediff reader and food blogger Sangita Agrawal shared these recipes.
Of all the treatments available, Ayurvedic medications are considered as the best remedial measures to uplift the depleting calcium levels in the body, notes Mohamad Yusuf N Shaikh, Founder, Kudrati Ayurved Health Centre.
Mini Ribeiro tells us where to go salad hopping.
Charles 'Biharilal' Thomson, an Australian who speaks fluent Hindi, on how India has bewitched him.
Vibha Harish is trying to create long-lasting health through natural forms of nutrition.
Differently-abled sportspersons participating in the 15th National Para-Athletics Championships have been put up at unfurnished and unhygienic accommodations.
What goes behind the scenes for an American President's visit?
'We have Hindu values, Hindu customs, Hindu philosophy, Hindu way of looking at all religions as acceptable.' 'These are all great assets of India.'
'If journalism is the first draft of history, then photojournalism is the first draft of its evidence,' Raghu Rai, arguably India's finest living photojournalist, tells Pavan Lall.
Food blogger Rama Muralidharan shares 3 Indo-Chinese vegetarian recipes.
The supply of buffalo meat has dried up due to ban on illegal slaughterhouses.
'All businesses have to be run for business, for profits on a sustainable basis. It may sound old school, but then I have been in business for 32 years and you can't change an old tiger's stripes.'
Dr Pranveer Singh from Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh shares his experience of having poor quality meals served in the Azad Hind Express.
"We, Indians have forgotten what is good for us. Foreigners say oats are good so we say the same, arrey, we have oats since ages!" Meet Preeti Virkar, a believer of a different kind.
Shahid Afridi admits that veteran opener Gautam Gambhir is not someone with whom he would be found in a 'coffee shop'.
Just an hour or so from the ones we commonly throng to, they promise a lot more for a lot less.
