With mosques shut, workers and daily wage workers are left to fend for themselves, underscoring once again the magnitude of the crisis of unemployment and poverty triggered by the lockdown, which began on March 25 to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
The protesters, including students and local residents, hung a large map of India outside the varsity gate number 7 showing the places where students from other universities are carrying out protests against the CAA.
Rediff reader Arpit Pipersaniya, 26 from Bengaluru reveals how he went from 109 kg to 70 kg and transformed his lifestyle.
Cleanse, tone, and moisturise. Avoid sugar, dairy products, animal protein, suggests Shilpa Sharma.
Sheela Jaywant invites you to explore The GoaWriters Group's interesting look at the lockdown.
Keeping your food fresh through a lockdown.
'Many are coming hungry and thirsty.' 'Some told us they were stopped from filling water at roadside village handpumps because villagers told them 'tum Carona ho'.'
What dos and don'ts should people in Maharashtra follow with the state government notifying The Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 lockdown orders?
The Centre for Science and Environment had claimed that the bread samples of top brands in Delhi contained cancer-causing chemicals -- potassium bromate and potassium iodate.
Additive strengthens dough, improves shelf life of bread.
Two traditional Christmas recipes for you.
While one of the chemicals is a category 2B carcinogen, the other could trigger thyroid disorders but India has not banned their use
Shobha Ram is among the estimated 100,000 beggars who roam the streets of Delhi.
A huge foodie, her love for food will tease your taste buds.
Fifty-four-year-old M Mahadevan is today known not only in India, but overseas too, as 'Hot Breads Mahadevan'. His journey from being a professor at the Madras University to an entrepreneur in charge of a multi-billion-dollar business spanning various countries can only be described as amazingly inspiring.
'There's a cycle of fear where everyone fears each other. We are keeping a distance from everyone,' says Ashish Yadav, an associate professor at Wuhan Textile University. The professor along with his wife Neha Yadav, a resident of Etah in Uttar Pradesh have been stranded since January 22 at their home inside Wuhan University, the epicentre of the coronavirus, which has now killed more than 2,000 people in China alone. The couple had earlier appealed to the government to rescue them and wait eagerly for that Air India plane to come and evacuate them from the living nightmare. Speaking to Syed Firdaus Ashraf over the phone, hear their story in their own words.
The young MP earned the praise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his speech. In a tweet, the prime minister said the Ladakh BJP MP coherently presented aspirations of people of the region in his speech.
Every home across India makes khichdi and it still isn't as celebrated as it should be.
'In Kejriwal's re-election, we are finally seeing someone who has successfully bridged his Hindu identity with ground-level development triumphing over the BJP,' notes Saisuresh Sivaswamy.
A month ago, on March 25, Floyd Cardoz, chef extraordinaire, passed into the ages, a victim of coronavirus. Ranjita Ganesan remembers the culinary genius.
Presenting the best food pics shared by our readers this week.
What does Shilpa Shetty do when she travels abroad?
Aseem Chhabra remembers Master Chef Floyd Cardoz who died of coronavirus in New York on Wednesday.
Chef Manish Kusumwal, Corporate Chef, Keys Hotels shares his recipe for the classic French sandwich.
'One good thing that has come out of all this is that it shown people that online ordering is the way forward.'
Rediff reader Vineet Sharma reveals how he went from 107 kg to 90 kg.
Tarun Shetty, executive chef of Smaaash, Mumbai shares delicious monsoon recipes.
Chef Karan Bhane of Kaitlyn's Beer Garden, Mumbai shares two special monsoon recipes.
Jaitley gathered a group of people and burnt an effigy of then prime minister Indira Gandhi, making him, in his own words, the 'first satyagrahi' against the Emergency.
Defence PRO said that the forces have managed to restore normalcy in the areas they were deployed and have been continuously working to aid the civil administration.
Rediff reader Balasubramani V, 50 from Delhi writes about his father.
Presenting the best food pics shared by our readers this week. You can share yours too! Simply click on this link #RediffFoodies.
CBD oil, found in marijuana, is gaining popularity for its pain-relieving properties. It's now legally available in India
Rajendra Nagar, a planned colony built after Independence, is the worst-affected area in the Bihar capital, seeing an unprecedented flooding which residents said has "exposed the under-preparedness of the corporation".
'You cannot implement such a huge exercise, which is bound to cause misery to millions, without studying every aspect of its consequences, economic and social,' notes Sherna Gandhy.
Rediff reader Qamar Ansari, 46 from Gurgaon tells us how he lost 13 kg in 3 years and reclaimed his health.
India has been put in lockdown to halt the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. People have been told to stay indoors, but for many daily-wage earners this is not an option.
Chef Xavier Fernandes from Um Doiss Tres in Mumbai shares his special summer recipes.
Great chefs are alchemists. They put ingredients and flavours together in ways that are sometimes unfathomable, says Rahul Jacob.
'Our Lockdown Life has a sort of schizophrenic, Dr-Jekyll-and-Mr-Hyde personality about it,' says Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.
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