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Every brand that the creative czar worked on spoke to the consumer and not at the consumer

The splendid isolation which enabled the mysterious village of Malana to preserve its unique culture for hundreds of years is now being nibbled away

Shahi Subz Gosht has been replicated from the royal repertoire of princely kitchens

You can now track your heart rate, blood sugar, oxygen levels, sleep quality at home, but use tech to spot trends and not to self-treat

Manu is not just one character of Hindu imagination but many. He is a ritualist, survivor, lawgiver and ancestor

India’s literary siren is not here to be correct — she’s here to be honest. Her feminism comes not from seminars, but from survival

Govardhan Asrani was probably the only actor of his generation to be in circulation till 2025

The recent FSSAI order says most fruit-flavoured ORS drinks have misleading labels, and do not conform to WHO standards

A spate of surrenders by the Naxal rank and file and killing of top leaders point to the insurgency rapidly losing ground, but it may not be all over yet

Disasters have multiplied, forests thinned, and glaciers shrunk. At Jagatipat temple, Kullu’s ‘sacred parliament’ convenes when governance from elsewhere is inadequate. That time is here

Festival director Ritu Sarin lets us in on this year’s highlights: a masterclass with Adil Hussain, conversations with Andrey A Tarkovsky and Kiran Rao and an interactive web documentary featuring oral histories and archival materials from FTII’s women graduates

Every year, hospitals see a rise in gastrointestinal complaints soon after the festival season

Retire when people ask why, and not when they ask why not, Gavaskar said

Questions starting with how are always open-ended; they may lead us to new questions and open the path to new research

A new book on MS Swaminathan brings rare insights into the transformational work of the scientist who fed India

Aroma of ghee and sugar syrup wafting through homes evokes festive memories

Keaton didn’t just play women — she reminded us what being one looked like when nobody was watching

A true life skill is being able to choose and buy vegetables, even fruits and meat, for that matter

The eagerly-awaited Diwali season, like so much else, has undergone a makeover for the worse in the last few years

The festival has come in for more than its fair share of attention from Urdu poets because of its message of peace and hope

Sale of sub-standard light strings, re-use of damaged ones and lack of awareness about safe installation have caused many mishaps

Canada is grappling with the consequences of its lenient policies that have allowed fugitive gangsters and terror-linked operatives from Punjab to establish a dangerous foothold within its borders.

He was one of the funniest people I have known. If there was pain & anger, there was also mischief & a wicked sense of humour, writes Naseeruddin Shah about his late friend

For now, the India-Canada reset is real — an understanding on both sides that the dividend of cooperation outweighs the costs of confrontation. The next months will show how durable the re-engagement is

Every year post Diwali, hospitals are full of people, mostly children, with fireworks injuries causing severe eye damage in half of the cases. Caution and common sense are the only preventive measures