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Can tinned ‘aamras’ capture the taste of summer?

The hand-pressed pulp of Hapus, Payri and Kesar mango varieties is being tinned, and turned into modern desserts

4 min read04:00 PM IST
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Lounge Loves: ‘Expecting Better’, cold coffee at Veronica’s

Also featured, a parody of large language models and an 18th century jester

2 min read11:00 AM IST
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Monday Motivation: Balancing creativity and practicality

Neha Gupta, the co-founder of Beyond Designs, on the art of listening

2 min read09:00 AM IST
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Zubeen Garg's pan-India success came from crossing linguistic boundaries

An excerpt from a new book on Zubeen Garg argues that he wasn’t just an Assamese singer but a genuinely multilingual artist capable of working across India’s complex linguistic landscape

4 min read17 May 2026
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What a handwritten recipe book taught Hussain Shahzad about food

India's top chef Hussain Shahzad goes down memory lane remembering his mother jotting down recipes from cookery shows on TV only to realise how home cooking does not rely on static instructions, instead demand attention

4 min read17 May 2026
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Why Laura Mercier is entering India again

Ginny Wright, CEO, Orveon Global, discusses Laura Mercier’s reentry in India with a new partnership

4 min read17 May 2026
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‘Karuppu’ review: Suriya-starrer is a mangled mess

RJ Balaji’s ‘Karuppu’, starring Suriya and Trisha Krishnan, is a chaotic failure of storytelling and technique

3 min read17 May 2026
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How capitalism destroyed a generation of Indians

Sahitya Akademi winner Mamta Kalia’s novel ‘The Race,’ in Jerry Pinto's translation from the Hindi, paints a terrifying portrait of a newly liberalised Indian economy

4 min read17 May 2026
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‘That Man from Rio’: Belmondo, Brazil and Tintin

‘That Man from Rio’ is a sublime 1964 adventure film that’s a showcase for its dashing star, Jean-Paul Belmondo

4 min read17 May 2026
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How a field guide is separating myths from facts about bats in urban spaces

A new set of walks and a field guide are creating awareness about the need to protect bat species in urban spaces

5 min read17 May 2026