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  • ‘Takes me back to Calcutta’: Actor Hugh Grant on tasting Indian candy with other stars of ‘Wonka’

    ‘Takes me back to Calcutta’: Actor Hugh Grant on tasting Indian candy with other stars of ‘Wonka’

    Scroll Staff
    · Dec 14, 2023 · 10:40 am
  • Watch: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy tries barfi made by British PM Rishi Sunak’s mother

    Watch: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy tries barfi made by British PM Rishi Sunak’s mother

    Scroll Staff
    · Jun 19, 2023 · 01:29 pm
  • Watch: Man gives out gulab jamuns to Thai airport staff when it’s not allowed through security check

    Watch: Man gives out gulab jamuns to Thai airport staff when it’s not allowed through security check

    Scroll Staff
    · Oct 04, 2022 · 01:20 pm
  • How the sweet dish halwa came to India and grew regional variations

    How the sweet dish halwa came to India and grew regional variations

    Rajyasree Sen
    · Jul 13, 2022 · 08:30 am
  • A brief history of Christmas fruitcake and why it’s misunderstood

    A brief history of Christmas fruitcake and why it’s misunderstood

    Jeffrey Miller, The Conversation
    · Dec 21, 2021 · 07:30 pm
  • Bhapa Doi

    Bhapa Doi

    Madhushree Basu Roy
    · Dec 13, 2019 · 12:26 pm
  • Watch: The delightful (and mathematical) art of making soan papdi

    Watch: The delightful (and mathematical) art of making soan papdi

    Scroll Staff
    · Aug 03, 2019 · 10:18 am
  • Watch: The gulab jamun cannot be Pakistan’s national sweet, say some people, rejecting poll results

    Watch: The gulab jamun cannot be Pakistan’s national sweet, say some people, rejecting poll results

    Scroll Staff
    · Jan 07, 2019 · 08:00 pm
  • A croissant Ganesh, a stapler dinosaur and broccoli as hair: This artist will turn anything into art

    A croissant Ganesh, a stapler dinosaur and broccoli as hair: This artist will turn anything into art

    Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri
    · Sep 02, 2017 · 11:30 am
  • Indians are eating more chocolate than ever before because they think it is convenient and healthy

    Indians are eating more chocolate than ever before because they think it is convenient and healthy

    Maria Thomas, qz.com
    · Apr 29, 2017 · 07:30 pm