Sindhis are flourishing, but going isn't always easy

The Sindhis are a lesson in perseverance. Once uprooted, they've started all over, often reinventing themselves.Nikita Puri and Ranjita Ganesan report. IMAGE: When Ranveer Singh, a Sindhi, wed......

The sheer pain of losing my father

Time unkindly has a sole endeavour: To drag the person, whose death you are mourning, further and further away from your presence, to some far edge of your falsely anesthetised mind.So your......

'Arthur could tell Hrithik, Kajol they made him feel old...'

'...because he had interviewed their grandparents in their heyday.' P Rajendran looks back on the 11 plus years he worked with Arthur J Pais, the India Abroad and Rediff.com editor, who passed into......

Five-star hotels line up special menus to beat Covid blues

These hotels are crafting menus that are not only high on health quotient, but also have food capable of improving the mood. In 2020, after the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, several five-star......

Jaydeep Barman is changing India's restaurant business

'As long as people are eating we will be there,' Rebel Foods CEO Jaydeep Barman tells Viveat Susan Pinto and Niraj Bhatt.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   We are not surprised when......

What exactly are geographical indications?

The acid test for a GI product, therefore, is whether the consumers perceive it to originate from a certain geography and attribute the qualities, characteristics or reputation to that region.Latha......

Railways to change catering recipe

Food to be cooked in base kitchens instead of trains; private players to be involved The Indian Railways will follow the aviation sector’s model to ensure quality food is served to......

The Kajol Interview You Must Read

'I have learnt what I shouldn't do with my children -- like, not check their phone.''I have really wanted to check my kid's phone, but I have controlled myself.''It would mean going over the......

'Everything is political today'

'Truth is stranger than fiction. You cannot think these things up.''What happens is weird enough.' IMAGE: Anurag Kashyap digs into the 'best' hummus in Tel Aviv. Photograph: Kind courtesy Anurag......

'Aditya Chopra was the first person to read Baar Baar Dekho'

'I wrote the Baar Baar Dekho script seven years ago. At that time, it was called Saat Steps.  Later it was called Kal Jisne Dekha.  It became Baar Baar......