Historian Peter Frankopan has said climate change may not be the catalyst for major changes but could become a “complicator” adding to exis...

While the CBSE and CISCE board exams returned to the format of one single exam in a year rather than split terms, the NCERT dropped portion...

Indirect contact between India and China is over 5000 years old indicated by the presence of silk threads in Harappan cities, and unique pe...

The only food item that may need to worry about its name is poutine - Canada's national dish of potato fries topped with cheese curds and g...

The first Green Revolution was about agricultural production, cultivation and irrigation systems.

In an alternate non-pandemic universe, Mithali Raj and her girls would be busy strategising and training for that one goal — to win that el...

Irish butter was traditionally produced from cultured cream.

A resin-like extract from a plant of the celery family native to Iran and Afghanistan, hing or asafoetida is an ancient spice.

The Nawabi delicacy from Lucknow has boiled eggs enclosed in mince.

A look at many of India’s most loved, popular, festive foods immediately brings up the idea of the composite cultures that invented these.

The mango may hog all our attention, but there are other lesser known fruits that have dominated Indian summers .

Nawabi, Nizami, Mughal and Maratha kebabs are back on fashionable menus. The story of dorrey & chapli, pathar & Bihari, and the mythic 300-...

Most of them have been started by Indians with connections in the Gulf, whose travels back and forth have led to the idea that there is a m...

Iran is the 26th largest economy in the world in terms of nominal GDP and 17th in terms of purchasing power parity globally.

Many Hyderabadis are worried. But the city is likely to thrive & survive whatever be its political status.

Sarai Amanat Khan is one example of the Mughals’ foresight when it came to easing travel for merchants and armies.

Hampi was simply too desirable for its own good, back in the 14th century, and was ravaged by Bahmani armies. But the long lost capital of ...