What’s in a name? How exonyms and endonyms shape culinary identitiesThe term “Goanese,” once used to describe people from Goa, has become a controversial exonym with derogatory connotations due to its histor...
06 Oct, 2024, 07.42 PM IST
Kerala may tweak healthcare administration to link modern and traditional medicine systemsThe Kerala task force report points out how China effectively used traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in tandem with modern medicine to pre...
17 Apr, 2020, 05.59 PM IST
Puttu and Kadala back on Indian Railways menu after protestsRail passengers from Kerala are elated to find the ethnic Malyalam dishes back in the railway's menu. Kerala's traditional food items such ...
22 Jan, 2020, 02.01 PM IST
Physicians try to find elusive links between diet and disease in IndiansRelationship between fats and heart disease is complicated, and western studies may not be relevant to Indians, scientists are now looking ...
04 Dec, 2016, 07.39 AM IST
Why PM should take Rahul Gandhi's 'Arhar Modi' jibe as a complimentDue to lack of enough varieties for cross-breeding, and limited R&D, no Green Revolution has occurred for pulses. So, their long-run prospe...
05 Aug, 2016, 07.09 PM IST
Fat Tax has fat chances of barring unhealthy lifestylePM Sankaran, president, Kerala Bakers Association, says the sale of the items mentioned in the budget through bakeries is only around 2 % o...
26 Jul, 2016, 05.30 AM IST
Christmas festivities grip nationA spirit of festivity pervaded across the country as midnight masses, resonance of carols and merriment ushered in Christmas today.
25 Dec, 2015, 08.48 PM IST
US icons McDonald’s, KFC and Pizza Hut doing big business in KochiIt’s most evident in Kochi, the most cosmopolitan city in the state, where fast-food majors McDonald’s, KFC and Pizza Hut are doing sizzlin...
10 Jul, 2013, 08.45 AM IST
Gujarat promises continued, accelerated and all-around progress: Jagdish Bhagwati & Arvind PanagariyaGujarat Model is a metaphor and you can apply it to Tamil Nadu & Maharashtra. It also applies to Kerala in large measure, they said.
20 Jun, 2013, 12.36 PM IST
Kerala Inc looks beyond remittances; bets big on IT, gold & financeA fresh crop of entrepreneurs is rewriting rules of enterprise in a state that has always viewed capital with suspicion.
23 Dec, 2012, 07.05 AM IST
It's Bengalis' turn to enjoy as retailers target communities in sales pushTargeted SMSes, staffers in regional attires and dedicated shelf space are being used to appeal to people on different occasions.
23 Oct, 2012, 06.22 AM IST
Choose from among season-favourite destinations for a vacation this DusseraThe coming months herald the festive season, first Ganesh Chaturthi, followed by Navratri, Dussera and then Diwali. These days of celebrati...
30 Aug, 2012, 08.58 AM IST
- Delhi turns 100: Transition of a chaotic, charismatic, restless & relentless metropolis
For a city Delhi's age, 100 years is a blip. But the century gone by mirrors all that India's capital stands for — a metropolis that is cha...
10 Dec, 2011, 02.25 PM IST
- Retailers look to corner unbranded food space
With modern food formats like Food Bazaar and Spencer’s offering to take the negative labour out of positive Indian home pleasures by setti...
25 Sep, 2006, 01.20 AM IST