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The big screen vs. small screen debate has been raging for the past two years now. The year 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic engulfed the whole world, proved to be...

I am a deep-dyed votary of Khati. The closest expression in English would be a commune. Sociologists have discovered a distinct pattern in communes. Richard Sosis and Eric Bressler had...

Team India’s brilliant win in the fourth Test at The Oval has given Virat Kohli’s men a 2-1 series lead with one match to play. India can’t lose this series,...

The elderly in the family have always advised to avoid eating fish, meat and egg during monsoon and for a good reason too. This is the season when our body...

In 1991 I had been to Jabalpur for a week-long training. There I learnt British Council was offering a three-month training programme on agro-forestry at Edinburgh University and the last...

Life can be so similar to gardening, and plants to people. And after a year of intensive indoor urban gardening, I can’t seem to agree more.  Since childhood I have...

It is called American sweet corn on the streets of Bhubaneswar although grown in Rambha, Buguda or other places in Odisha's Ganjam district. It is just like a cake baked...

Master Shakespeare said one was liable for one’s actions, not thoughts. What about intents, you might ask? For don’t they resemble actions in being fixated on a target? But the...

Seafood especially Crab Biryani, a one-pot meal, has now become a fad. Crab Dum Biryani is a must-have in the list of foodies. Here, the star ingredient is the thick-skinned...

Though I have never been a formal teacher, invariably every Teachers Day, I receive a few messages - over the phone or on social media, thanking me and wishing me...