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Incredible train journeys to experience around the world
Trains are an excellent way to travel the world, taking you through truly spectacular scenery that is often inaccessible by other modes of transportation and at a pace that allows you to take in the scenery.
On the eve of National Train…
Shesher Kabita and Brookside
Shillong, specifically Brookside Bungalow plays an important role in Shesher Kabita, a classic novel by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore.
The bungalow finds no mention in the book but its natural surroundings – the eucalyptus and pine…
Miraculous Misdeeds!
By Vikas Datta
Why do we like crime? Like, that is, in the sense of why we are attracted to reports of lurid incidents in our newspapers and TV bulletins — or WhatsApp forwards or YouTube channels — or, for that matter, the relevance of a…
To mother, with love from the kitchen
Mothers always cook for all their kids, this Mother;'s Day make her feel special with some super tasty delicacies curated by Chef Manish Mehrotra.
Almond & Cherry Kulfi
Ingredients
Fresh cherries, pitted 2 cups
Water 1/2 cup
Almond…
Your friend by the Zodiac sign
By the time we grow up, friendship gets very complicated. Many lose the person they were once too close to and some become best friends forever in a literal sense. If you go by zodiac signs, then here is a list which will tell you the signs…
Of Teen Turbulence
By N. Lothungbeni Humtsoe
National best-selling author, Stuti Changle, unveils her new novel, Where the Sun Never Sets. Published by Penguin Random House India. Set in the context of Covid-19 lockdown, the novel is a riveting personal…
Bees, humans – the only animals that can identify odd and even numbers
Two, four, six, eight; bog in, don’t wait!
As children, we learn numbers can either be even or odd. And there are many ways to categorise numbers as even or odd.
We may memorise the rule that numbers ending in 1, 3, 5, 7, or 9 are odd…
Jamtara’s journey from phishing capital of India to literary centre
Jamtara in Jharkhand has become the only district in the country where all gram panchayats have community libraries.
This district with a population of about eight lakh has a total of 118 gram panchayats under six blocks and each panchayat…
Chrysanthemum’s Colourful Petals
By Vikas Datta
Any country or culture's traits would presumably find reflection in its literature. The Japanese, as per foreign perceptions or stereotypes, if you like, are homogenous, exhibit a social and hierarchical sense of identity,…
Climate, Community and Choice for the Indian Traveller
Ninety-one per cent of Indian travellers want to travel more sustainably over the coming 12 months, with 94 per cent of Indian travellers confirming that sustainable travel is important to them, reveals Booking.com's 2022 Sustainable Travel…