Anna Samuel creates hyper reality cakes, crafting edible art like kappa-meen curry and biryani

Anna Samuel creates hyper reality cakes, crafting edible art like kappa-meen curry and biryani

Anna Samuel | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Anna Samuel gifted her a father-in-law a potted succulent on his birthday. He kept it on a shelf with his collection of cacti. “When it was time to cut the birthday cake, I brought it to the table. That is when he realised it was a cake!” says […]

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Young Indian adults coping with health issues post-pandemic

Young Indian adults coping with health issues post-pandemic

We’ve entered a post-COVID world, but one that has left India’s youth with a set of health challenges in its wake. A generation of under-25s saw major milestones through the pandemic: some became adults over the last three years, some graduated, some got their first jobs. Health, both mental and physical became a priority in […]

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Three Indian virtual food communities launched during the pandemic

Three Indian virtual food communities launched during the pandemic

Simple Recipes for Complicated Times Founded by Peter Griffin Where: Facebook When: March 2020 As early restrictions of the pandemic were being put in place in 2020, writer and journalist Peter Griffin says many people like him “who had never had to cook, were suddenly having to fend for themselves”. When he found himself asking […]

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Teacher to rockstar | K.K. Shailaja on her new book ‘My Life as a Comrade’

Teacher to rockstar | K.K. Shailaja on her new book ‘My Life as a Comrade’

It is my experience that interviewees are rarely interested in you. Occasionally, at the end of the meeting, they may lean back and ask a couple of cursory questions about your work. But, on a Wednesday evening at the Kerala House in Delhi, K.K. Shailaja had barely walked into the room before I was peppered […]

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Morning Digest — April 1, 2023

Morning Digest — April 1, 2023

Gujarat Titans batters Rahul Tewatia and Rashid Khan celebrate after winning the IPL 2023 cricket match against Chennai Super Kings, at Narendra Modi Stadium, in Ahmedabad on March 31, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI India registers highest proportional increase of new COVID-19 cases in Southeast Asia: WHO The highest proportional increase of new COVID cases […]

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India records 1,890 new COVID-19 cases, highest in 149 days

India records 1,890 new COVID-19 cases, highest in 149 days

File photo of a health technician collecting samples for COVID-19 test. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. GIRI India logged 1,890 new coronavirus cases, the highest in 149 days, while the active cases increased to 9,433, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on March 26. The country had recorded 2,208 cases in a single day […]

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A study done in Coimbatore pushes the need for master health check-up

A study done in Coimbatore pushes the need for master health check-up

Dr Adityan Guhan, Director of AGs Healthcare, pushes for master health check up | Photo Credit: PERIASAMY M Is your child’s health, a priority? Dr Adityan Guhan, Director of AGs Healthcare, asks parents. He quotes a World Health Organisation and World Diabetes Foundation study on Type I diabetes in children and says, “Four out of every […]

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A luxury rehabilitation centre opens at Thondamuthur in Coimbatore

A luxury rehabilitation centre opens at Thondamuthur in Coimbatore

Abhasa luxury rehabilitation centre at the foothills of Velliangiri Hills in Thondamuthur | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement At dawn, it is possible to lean out of a window at Abhasa, a luxury rehabilitation centre at the foothills of Velliangiri Hills in Thondamuthur, and gaze at the clear skies and swaying coconut groves against the backdrop […]

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