In the midst of the Gorakhpur tragedy, a paediatrician at Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College has been hailed a hero saving as many children as possible. Dr Kafeel Khan, the head of the encephalitis ward and a paediatrician, managed to save many lives and the parents in the hospital had said that had it...
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Kerala Wedding Sadhya: The Making of a Grand Feast
There’s a certain harmony that shines through even in the most crowded Kerala Hindu weddings. Despite the omnipresent glint of gold ornaments, traditional weddings are marked by a distinctive elegance and simplicity. The traditional Nair wedding is over in a flash – one bad traffic signal and you could miss the entire ceremony! While other...
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Food Story: How India’s favourite flatbread Roti was born
Chapati, phulka, roti – no meal in India is complete without this quintessential flatbread. It’s as much an Indian cuisine table essential as rice. And while North India is known to be particularly fixated about this oldest flatbread, there is no denying that it is one of the easy-to-take-to and yet one of the tricky...
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Film Review: Lipstick Under My Burkha – A daring, feminist film unafraid of controversies
While the debate over the Uniform Civil Code and the legitimacy of triple talaq continues to rage all across the country, a new Indian film called Lipstick Under My Burkha dares to challenge the shackles led down by India’s puritanical and patriarchal society on four small-town women. Produced by Gangaajal and Raajneeti director Prakash Jha...
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#go loiter- India, Pakistan women unite for their right to loiter
“Besides of course the Hindi-Urdu capacity to speak to each other. The ‘chai tapris’ (tea shops) of Mumbai connected with the dhabas of Pakistan.” ALIGARH: As Prime Minster Narendra Modi and his Pakistan counterpart Nawaz Sharif go out of their way to revive stalled peace talks, sometimes even parachuting down at short notice in each...
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A ‘roti bank’ comes up in India for the poor
AURANGABAD: A unique ‘roti bank’ has been launched in this city, famous for its Ajanta-Ellora caves, for the poor. People can ‘deposit’ rotis and the poor, aged, sick or the unemployed people can ‘withdraw’ a basic fare of freshly-cooked rotis and a vegetarian or non-vegetarian dish. The roti bank — first of its kind in...
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Pope Francis recognises a second Mother Teresa ‘miracle’
Pope Francis has recognised a second miracle attributed to Mother Teresa, clearing the way for the Roman Catholic nun to be made a saint next year. The miracle involved the healing of a Brazilian man with several brain tumours in 2008, the Vatican said. Mother Teresa died in 1997 and was beatified – the first...