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It is as if fate had ordained that life and art synched in perfect harmony. Only days after becoming a daily commuter, as a result of an unexpected job switch,...

Children born before the nineties in Bhubaneswar are perhaps the luckiest. They not only played in Children’s Park but also rode bicycles -- safely -- on all roads, even to...

The other day, my husband showed me a social media post with a photograph of a post office with two separate queues for male and female with the former much...

If I were able to travel back in time to fix one thing, I would choose that night in Baripada forty years ago. It was on this night that I...

Did you know that Emperor Jehangir’s cook who created ‘Mughlai parantha’ was from Burdwan? That Chicken Manchurian was created in Kolkata? Does Malai curry owes its name to Malaysia or...

The last few weeks have been dominated by news about climate change more than usual, from the first Earthshot prizes being announced to the United Nations Climate Change Conference commonly...

I attended COP 26 and sensed the urgency, the helplessness and the laxity in approaches and preparedness by the various geographies of the world. I re-realised the utter necessity of...

Life is short. A year 365 days. And a day 24 hours. All of us want to experience a fulfilling, productive and enriching life filled with moments that satiate and...

This article is part of the author's column 'By Grace of God'

Most of the world’s fine wines are aged in wooden casks or barrels. While there are other determinants of a wine’s quality, such as the vineyard and the skill of...