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Taste of Life: Shooting parties in Colonial Poona

India, Oct. 30 -- In mid-nineteenth-century Britain, field sports were considered an important source of individual character-building and national and imperial well-being. Shooting was an integral pa... Read More


Bhakari over sweets: How food united protesters in 1930 Diwali

India, Oct. 16 -- Food has a unique ability to bring people together. It breaks down barriers and builds a sense of belonging. It helps healing and building bridges, and forging solidarity. In the th... Read More


Taste of Life: When travellers wrote about food

India, Oct. 9 -- "The King alwayes eates in private among his women upon great varietie of excellent dishes, which dressed and prooved by the taster are served in vessels of gold (as they say), covere... Read More


Kojagari Pournima: A night of light, milk, and quiet reflection

India, Oct. 2 -- Festivals play significant roles in society by providing focal points for the sharing of cultures and religious beliefs, and for exchange between social groupings. They share strong r... Read More


Taste of life: Navratri a feast of flavours and tradition

India, Sept. 25 -- Devi, or the goddess, is designated as "Shakti", the Prowess of Divinity, in the standard enumeration of the school of theology and sects of worship. She is conceived as the Female ... Read More


Harold Mann: Pioneer of rural reforms in Colonial India

India, Sept. 18 -- Agricultural development and reforms represented a major justification for the British occupation of India. However, agrarian reforms in colonial India proved to be checkered, compl... Read More


Taste of Life: When 'domestic' candidate topples 'better educated' rival in polls

India, Sept. 11 -- In 1937, elections to the provincial legislatures were held under the Government of India Act 1935, a landmark piece of legislation that brought about significant democratic reforms... Read More


Taste of Life: From the Prophet's teachings: A story of selfless giving during the pandemic

India, Sept. 4 -- During the COVID-19 pandemic, a vast number of individuals and institutions provided ready-to-eat food or ration kits to those in need, including migrant workers, those stranded away... Read More


Taste of Life: How "paansupari" became a staple of Ganeshotsav celebrations in Pune

India, Aug. 29 -- The use of food as a symbol is a common phenomenon across cultures, representing personal and social relationships. On September 29, 1929, the Marathi newspaper "Dnyanaprakash" publ... Read More


The curious history of pigeons in colonial India

India, Aug. 21 -- PUNE On September 11, 1930, a car driven by a European crushed more than a hundred pigeons on Surat Street in Bombay. The car fled the scene, and attempts to chase it by hawkers nea... Read More