An artist from Gujarat is winning hearts and also making records for her intricate recreation of one of India’s most celebrated architectural monuments Rani ki vav. Meet Payal Kintu Thakkar who has earned a place in the India Book of Records. So it’s not her artwork but the materials used to create it which makes…
A tomato that does not make it to the market is usually treated as waste. It may be too discoloured, too soft or unsuitable for food processing. But what if these rejected tomatoes could be given a second life, not as food, but as a material used to make bags, shoes and fashion accessories? That…
A bow is usually held with one hand and drawn with the other. For Sheetal Devi, neither of those movements was an option. Born without arms, the young archer from Jammu and Kashmir had to find a way to make the equipment work with the body she had. Her answer was a technique that is…
K.R. Usha Kumari travelled by boat (Instagram) Women like K.R. Usha Kumari is not born everyday. Born in Kerala in 1968, she became a legendary teacher. Everyday, she would set out from her home in Amboori, Kerala, with a journey ahead of her that was far from an ordinary commute. She rode her two-wheeler to…
Imagine running the kitchen at a fine-dining hotspot that just got picked for the Michelin Guide, serving up elaborate plates to high-paying guests, and then turning around to quit your job and sell chole bhature out of a tiny takeaway joint. Sounds like a total risk, right? But Indian chef Pradeep Khullar did exactly that…
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A courtroom may look calm from the visitors’ gallery, but behind the proceedings is a demanding routine involving lengthy files, repeated hearings, witness statements and careful examination of evidence. The work does not end when a judge leaves the courtroom either. There are orders to prepare, records to review and cases to be readied for…
Optical illusion brain teasers are mind-bending images that trick the brain and eyes into believing what a person sees first. What makes these mind tricks more interesting is that the answer is always hidden right there. Nothing is missing from the picture. The object is in plain sight, and our eyes, which are usually so…
Getting your food order messed up is annoying at the best of times. But when you’re traveling with your family, follow a strict vegetarian diet for religious reasons, and bite into a piece of meat on what was supposed to be a veg plate? That moves past minor inconvenience straight into a complete mess.That’s exactly…
Most of us grow up thinking jalebi is exclusively ours – a purely Indian street food staple that you grab hot off a kadhai on a Sunday morning. But food history has a funny way of surprising people. China actually has its own ancient sweet that looks almost like a twin to our golden spirals….
