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The Dalai Lama. Photo: AP

The Dalai Lama: Combine Indian knowledge with education, then China will pay attention

12 min read . 13 Aug 2018

The Wine Connoisseurs at the 100-Point dinner. Photos: The Wine Connoisseurs (TWC)

Dining with the perfect wine

7 min read . 23 Jun 2018

Learning new languages was a way for Puneet Chhatwal, born and brought up in a Punjabi family in Delhi, to be different.

Puneet Chhatwal: Taking ‘Tajness’ to new heights

8 min read . 25 May 2018

Divya Spandana was handpicked by Congress president Rahul Gandhi to lead the party’s social media cell. Photo: Priyanka Parashar/Mint

Unlike BJP, Congress doesn’t hit below the belt: Divya Spandana

7 min read . 11 May 2018

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The pleasures of Palakkad

5 min read . 07 Apr 2018

‘A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread —and Thou...’

‘A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread —and Thou...’

11 min read . 30 Mar 2018

Shoba Narayan chronicles her adventures with the bovine kind in India in her new book. Photo: Hindustan Times

The ‘Mercedes Benz’ among cows

6 min read . 24 Feb 2018

‘Mogra’ adds the perfect Indian touch and perfume to any home. Photo: iStockphoto

‘Mogra’ and Merlot

5 min read . 24 Feb 2018

Mirai Rao at her home clinic in Bengaluru. Photo: Abhishek B A/Mint

Biodynamic craniosacral therapy offers a new breath of life

2 min read . 17 Feb 2018

Radhika and Abhishek Poddar at their Bengaluru home. Photo: Abhishek BA/Mint

Radhika and Abhishek Poddar: Curators of cool

5 min read . 02 Feb 2018

Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint

Yoga: A crowning glory

6 min read . 18 Dec 2017

Painted tea glasses with stand by Art for Akanksha (The Akanksha Foundation). Photo: The Akanksha Foundation (The Akanksha Foundation)

Diwali gift ideas: Choose handmade to help a cause, spread the wealth

10 min read . 17 Oct 2017

Gaggan Anand with the team of chefs at Masala Klub at The Taj West End in Bengaluru. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint

What’s cooking, Gaggan Anand?

17 min read . 30 Sep 2017

Shekar Dattatri (left), an award-winning filmmaker, and Ramki Sreenivasan, an entrepreneur and wildlife photographer. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint

The filmmaker and the entrepreneur: Shekar Dattatri and Ramki Sreenivasan

20 min read . 13 Aug 2017

Arathi Krishna (left), joint managing director at Sundram Fasteners, and Vandana Gopikumar, co-founder of The Banyan, a mental health NGO. Photo: Nathan.G/Mint

The samaritan and the scion: Vandana Gopikumar and Arathi Krishna

18 min read . 11 Aug 2017

Murthy Megavan (in blue) and Arun Vasu run the Covelong Point surfing school in Kovalam, Tamil Nadu. Photos: Nathan G./Mint

The Surfer and the Sportsman: Murthy Megavan and Arun Vasu

19 min read . 28 Jul 2017

Photos: Shoba Narayan

Rolling rotis in Amritsar’s Golden Temple

9 min read . 12 Feb 2017

An underused but magical ingredient for beauty treatments is a plant that is indigenous to India: Curcurma aromatica. Photo: iStockphoto

Home remedies

3 min read . 26 Jan 2017

When you are trying a new adventure sport, the body responds to new stimuli in three ways: fight, flight or, when you are stuck on a rock-cliff, freeze. Photo: iStock

Relax, work easy

3 min read . 19 Jan 2017

A sense of malaise combined with a hankering for change is a deadly combination. Photo: iStock

Drop lists, choose pleasure

3 min read . 12 Jan 2017