In 1979, Basu Chatterjee made Baaton Baaton Mein and unobtrusively brought to us the dating and courtship rituals of a community that was till then either caricatured or just overlooked in Hindi cinema. Nancy Perreira and Tony Braganza…
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Matriarchal manipulation in a patriarchal world is depicted unsparingly in Usha Priyamwada’s Pachpan Khambe Laal Deewarein (Now playing on Prasar Bharti). The mother resentful of her lecturer daughter’s comfortable life in her college residence because the younger daughters…
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“Start with hope..always start with hope. We went from being a shitty team to become one of the biggest dynasties in the sport and all it needed was one match to light this fire,” says Michael Jordan at…
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In 1947, my grandparents brought three children and the remains of an uprooted life from Pakistan to India in a train. One of those children was my mother. I grew up hearing a lot of stories about the…
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Three documentaries streaming right now show the ultimate culmination of the Bois Locker Room culture. And what happens when one gender is taught to mistrust its instincts of self-preservation and the other does not even learn something as…
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In Sudip Sharma’s Paatal Lok (Now streaming on Amazon. Co written by Sharma, Sagar Haveli, Hardik Mehta and Gunjit Chopra. Directed by Avinash Arun and Prosit Roy), India’s disowned inhabit the headlines we turn away from. A young…
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You read right. I am not kidding you. This is the easiest and most exotic soup you can make. Well no, not as exotic as a cold soup can get but well, when did I ever say this is a cold soup? This is a hot soup and it must be eaten with breadsticks or […]
Doesn’t that sound heart warmingly nice? Let me really not keep you from this awesomeness. Just one little thing – once you read this, you must make this. If you do, your life will start making complete sense, the Milky Way will align in magical ways to make your dreams come true. And nothing has […]
One of the most important and life-altering decisions, apart from the regular ones (about career, relationships and a home) concerns itself with the kind of oil you choose for cooking. Oil is an important ingredient in almost all items cooked in our country, with sources and amounts varying depending on the location. Oils belong to […]
You are light and nice just spiced right with a little bit of pickle you are the best diet dear curd rice, dear curd rice … on hot summer days I crave for you on stomach upset days I’d kill for you dear curd rice, dear curd rice … some say you are boring some say you […]
I was surfing the net and came across this piece that claimed to be able to tell a person’s personality type by the food they liked. Mine would have been ‘Blubber Queen’ but then I didn’t take the test. I mean, what is the point? Right? Right. It got me thinking though. What are my […]
There is nothing easier to kill in the world than a dream if it is too big to fit in your life. Maybe except for a stray dog on a street, a tiger in a jungle, a dolphin in the ocean, a river choking on effluents, a valley denuded by mining because in a habitat being usurped […]
Food prices in India continue to rise when international prices are stable because of the failure of domestic food management, wherein temporary shortages have led to price spikes, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has said. Over the past two years, wholesale food prices have increased by 40 per cent much more than during the mid-1990s […]
My pancakes look like scrambled eggs And taste like butter jelly In the mirror, I look no better My face a hamburger and hair like vermicelli. Mama always said there would be days When things don’t go your usual way No panic, no fret, no tears would wash away The mess you made in the […]
A stuffed parantha is one magical invention and perfect for fussy eaters, especially those who are averse to veggies and kids who demand variety everyday. Versatile as they are, you can pack paranthas with whatever you feel like, flavor them the way you want to and make any accompaniment to go with them – from dals to […]
I said I was going to do it before the season was over… so here I am, bearing the gift of my mother’s Green Mango Rice recipe. The mango carts are now covered with Neelams (pretty and sweet, yet harbouring those black beetles) that mark the end, so I just about made it. Amma’s […]
Let’s accept it. Oats perhaps evoke the same emotions as khichdi or lauki and their other unappetising peers. But they are healthier than any mean ingredient lying around in your kitchen, so how does one make oats sound interesting and taste delicious to a child – like pizza or burger or a chocolate cake? The key is not in overkill […]
Unboxed Writers present one of Master Chef Sanjay Tyagi’s favourite recipes. Passion and discipline inspire Chef Tyagi to create dishes that are more art than food. After having nurtured Umerkot as one of Bangalore’s premier Indian restaurants, he is now busy nourishing Tattv. Tattv, which in Sanskrit means an element, aims to showcase kebabs using the five culinary elements: Tandoor, Sigri, Kadai, Tava […]