Not turkey or plum cake, a traditional Indian Christmas table is lined with Kulkuls, sannas & fruit winesSeasonal produce and regional delicacies make to Indian family's dinner table on Christmas.
23 Dec, 2018, 09.39 AM IST
December glory: Bengaluru churches are opening their doors to eclectic flea marketsChurches across the city are encouraging members to put up stalls and sell their wares.
20 Nov, 2018, 08.48 AM IST
Blast from the past: Bengaluru eateries revisit 1960s, pick old-world charm as the new themeDespite a world cuisine onslaught, restaurants opt to go back in time.
28 Jun, 2018, 12.47 PM IST
Goa All Out: The new restaurant O Pedro by the Bombay Canteen team is a hat-tip to the swinging stateWith its vaulted ceiling, potted greens, wicker chairs, wooden furniture, azulejos tiles and blues and whites, O Pedro reminds you of an ol...
08 Oct, 2017, 01.34 PM IST
- Date with History: First Kannada boarding school for girls turns 175
Mitralaya, the first boarding school for girls in the city, was founded by Douglas' ancestsors, missionary Benjamin Rice and his wife Jane ...
20 Jul, 2017, 10.07 AM IST
The story behind the name of Wesleyan Canarese Chapel, BengaluruThe church was built at a cost of 25,000, which was raised through donations from various sources.
23 Mar, 2017, 11.47 AM IST
Rice descendants to fly down for Church's centenaryAfter Rev Rice's oldest son Benjamin Lewis (BL) Rice left Bengaluru in 1906, all his five siblings eventually settled in England by the ear...
13 Dec, 2016, 10.54 AM IST
Modernising the good old meal is today’s mantraCreative conjurings like Chettinad-style pulled chicken tacos; Kundapur wings; clams sukkah to batak dosa make the festival menu at Monkey ...
30 Jun, 2016, 01.54 PM IST
The great rosogolla revolt: When a bengal CM banned bengali sweetsMilk sweets were banned under the West Bengal Channa Sweets Control Order imposed by Congress chief minister Prafulla Chandra Sen.
25 Jul, 2015, 03.53 AM IST
Earlier known as Doddapete, Avenue Road could be as old as BengaluruThough trading of textile, garments and jewellery was its mainstay , it was also known for the various historic landmarks that dotted its o...
26 Mar, 2015, 10.33 AM IST
- Goa's unusual stories on state's business, politics and Russian mafia
Elections got over in this most unusual of Indian states. Fittingly, therefore, here's a flavour of Goa through three very unusual stories.
05 Mar, 2012, 11.15 AM IST
- SP demands ban on Bajrang Dal
If Simi has been banned, the Bajrang Dal should also be banned.
24 Sep, 2008, 03.30 AM IST
- Bull run!
Watch out for petty theft in Italy, keep an eye on your luggage at all times,” the travel agent dinned into us before we boarded the Alital...
13 Sep, 2007, 04.24 AM IST
- Forest of legends
The Gonds were having a ball. For a night and a day they had trekked and drummed; and carried the all-important katha slab of wood carved w...
13 Sep, 2007, 04.16 AM IST
- Faith accompli
Jerusalem is one of the eternal cities of the world. Jewish lore dates it back to the ancient times when King David developed it as the fir...
18 Jan, 2007, 12.00 AM IST
- Mozart mosaic
Salzburg celebrates the 250th birth anniversary of its most famous music composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart that revels the musical and othe...
20 Jul, 2006, 12.00 AM IST
- White nights
I arrived in St Petersburg, or Leningrad as it was then called, one cold mid-February morning 20 years ago, for the first time.
08 Jun, 2006, 12.00 AM IST