India, Jan. 8 -- Diaspora communities often become preservers of cultural elements, including rituals that may have faded or become extinct in their original homelands due to modernisation, political ... Read More
India, Dec. 31 -- One Saturday morning, a couple of years before the Covid-19 pandemic emerged, I was at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library in Delhi, searching through old records. Before me, on th... Read More
India, Dec. 25 -- It was the practice of "The Natal Mercury", a newspaper published from Durban, South Africa, to publish in the place of editorial articles contributions from eminent statesmen and mi... Read More
India, Dec. 11 -- At the Bombay Natural History Society's quarterly meeting on October 4, 1887, an exhibition displayed the season's fruits and vegetables in Bombay, featuring 175 varieties, many sour... Read More
India, Dec. 4 -- Culinary archives, which are often considered to comprise cookbooks and menus, offer a fascinating glimpse into the world of historical gastronomy. They allow us to explore the culina... Read More
India, Nov. 27 -- A picnic is an act shaped by ideas about nature and culture, food and taste, beauty and ethics, and community and solitude. To picnic is not just to eat certain foods, but to enjoy t... Read More
India, Nov. 13 -- "Brussels sprouts stand like soldiers, Cabbages crouch in rows, Leeks in their regimented lines Defy the frost that grows", wrote Vita Sackville-West in her poem "A November Garde... Read More
India, Nov. 6 -- In 1885, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar, educationist and social reformer, wrote in his essay "Bhojangruha" that a truly progressive city is one where every person - local or outsider - can fin... Read More
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
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