By Milinda Ghosh Roy Port Blair Enormous storehouses with wooden planks and logs piled up to the roof on one side and a massive single-room workshop with century-old machines on the other — that’s Andaman and Nicobar archipelago’s Chatham Saw Mill, the oldest and also one of the biggest in Asia. Three kilometres north of […]
By Sandeep Sharma Muscat Bored of the humdrum of life? Desire to visit a peaceful holiday destination? The pictorial landscapes, exotic beaches and superlative hospitality of the luxury resorts in Oman can be a perfect “check-in”. With its tourist season currently on, the country — which sees visitors from across the world and is a […]
New Delhi He is the author of the fastest-selling book series in Indian publishing history — “The Shiva Trilogy” — and his last book, “Scion of Ikshvaku”, was the biggest literary blockbuster of 2015, all of which have together sold over 3.5 million copies. Now, banker-turned-writer Amish Tripathi’s upcoming book narrates the story of Hindu […]
By Nivedita New Delhi Eminent musician Pandit Jasraj says he finds the audience composition at classical music concerts astonishing — and he feels heartened that the country’s youth is willing to take the legacy of such music forward. “There is a large audience that has an interest in classical music and attends concerts… What’s astonishing […]
Kapil Sharma, India’s funniest man who has made a name for himself globally; is known for his exceptional comic timing and his tongue in cheek humour spreading smiles and peals of laughter, week after week is COMING to Australia. Ahead of his show this March, Rohit Sharma from Indus Age reached to the comedy King, where […]
By Nidhi Kumari The hassle of cooking in the demanding and busy lives we are engaged with often lead us to eating unhealthy junk food items or skipping the meal altogether. While you had been missing your ‘ghar ka khana’ in ‘pardes’ Shana Foods came to your rescue. They assert serving the ‘First South Asian […]
By Bappaditya Chatterjee Mechukha, (Arunachal Pradesh) If you are planning a trip to this remote valley in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, rest assured you will be welcomed with a glass of chhang, a pungent home-brewed local beer made from millet or rice. Welcoming a guest with chhang is a traditional common trait among […]
What could be more entertaining than Cinderella on stage? A queer all-male Bollywood twist called Sunderella, of course. Get ready to be dazzled as a sea of sequins and saris, bindis and bangles descends on Sydney’s PACT Centre for Emerging Artists, as part of the 38th Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras festival in February […]
By Sanjay B Jumaani Yet another year goes by, time sure flies; but which way it flies may well determine ones fortunes. Brexit caused anxiety around the globe while back-home, nobody was spared from the woes of demonetisation. A question on most minds is how does 2017 look like, as per Numerology, do the Numbers […]
By Arundhuti Banerjee and Radhika Bhirani Mumbai Did Om Puri have a premonition about his death when he spoke about it to just a fortnight ago? In retrospect, it would seem so, because he talked about “leaving the world” and that his legacy would be “visible” once he departed. His comments on leaving the world […]