In the last three months, the state government had forced 2,000 persons into that country, said Himanta Biswa Sarma.

For the first time, India’s fertility rate has fallen to 1.9, below the replacement level of 2.1 necessary for a population ...

After receiving training under a government programme, they began making a range of devices, from solar power banks and bulbs to a model of an emergency device.

Thukpa is not for multitaskers. Born in the cold regions of eastern Tibet, this noodle soup was designed for survival. It ...

Kolkata has a vibrant food scene. There’s everything from street snacks such as spicy phuchkas, which leave you salivating, ...

When Kritika Pant and I were travelling to Sikkim earlier in the year, we visited Dzongu, a region dominated by the Lepcha ...

But my favourite is the complete opposite, one my mother usually makes during winters, a simple mixed vegetable dish called ...

Growing up, a staple lunch or dinner in my household would comprise two vegetable dishes, one of which would most likely be a potato preparation. This routine was broken only when work or travel ...

After work, we went to the place. In the huge Malviya Nagar market, there was a small stall with yellow lights in the corner.

An overnight journey from Calcutta to New Jalpaiguri station culminated in a shared ride on a jeep that, unfortunately, we ...

Ponk season has begun. Ponk, as it’s known in the city’s Gujarati areas, and hurda, as it’s called by Maharashtrians, is the ...

A lot of Malayali food is reasonably well-known across the country. Appam and stew, porotta and beef, egg roast and Malabar ...