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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...

The untimely death of TV actor Sidharth Shukla at the age of 40 sent shockwaves across the country this week. It is sure to have rattled men and women in...

Is it fair to compare a famous and successful person with his son or daughter if both are in the same profession? The second generation is often the subject of...

Slangs do not mean cuss words or foul language. Rather these are a set of colloquial words and phrases. They are regional languages or terms, mostly using typical vernacular style...