Food
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Can’t sleep at night? It’s not just that cup of coffee but overall diet that may be keeping you up
Healthier overall dietary patterns are associated with better sleep quality and fewer insomnia symptoms.
Erica Jansen, The Conversation
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‘Worse than smoking’: How true are the claims ultra-processed foods are bad for health?
It isn’t clear if food processing is harmful for health and fear-mongering can distract from acting on food that is actually bad.
Eric Robinson, The Conversation
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Camel, goat cheese find niche but growing market in India
Pastoral dairy products are driving innovation among traditional communities amid rising consumer interest.
Azera Parveen Rahman
Trending
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Seven firms that failed drug quality tests gave money to political parties through electoral bonds
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Why the exodus from Bhutan of young people and qualified workers is a worry for India
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Why did a Union minister say he would apply for Indian citizenship under CAA?
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Electoral bonds: What we know so far, what we will know soon – and what we may never know
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India’s latest GDP growth numbers are ‘mystifying’, says former chief economic advisor
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I cooked Fanta Maggi and Rasgulla Chaat to find out what viral Indian street food tastes like
The proof of the pudina pudding is in the eating, as they say.
Priyadarshini Chatterjee
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Making savoury curries with sweet fruits has always been an Indian specialty
From Kashmir to Kerala, Indians use fruits in the kitchen in the most ingenious ways.
Priyadarshini Chatterjee
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Bengali food is baked into the lilt of its folk music
Folk songs in Bengal offer a wealth of insights about its culinary culture – from traditional recipes to farming practices to seasonal recommendations.
Priyadarshini Chatterjee
Video
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Caught on camera: Container ship hits and knocks down gantry cranes while docking at a Turkey port
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Watch: Temple in Kochi gets a mechanical elephant to perform prayer rituals
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Watch: Srinagar hosts Formula 4 car show on the roads around Dal Lake
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Watch: Scenes of damage after four coaches of a Sabarmati-Agra train were derailed in Ajmer
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Adorable animals: Playful elephant calf keeps stopping cleaner from raking leaves
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Food and fear made for a highly corrosive cocktail in British India
Suspicions and anxieties were always bubbling under the surface in colonial India. When mixed with rumours, they often proved volatile.
Priyadarshini Chatterjee
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In the poetry of Amir Khusrau, food is served with style and flourish
Through food references, the great poet shone indirect light on the society and culture of India in the 13th and 14th century.
Priyadarshini Chatterjee
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The story of how Hindus stopped distrusting biscuits and began eating them
By yielding to caste rules at the turn of the 19th century, the ‘Hindu biscuit’ ended up subverting them.
Priyadarshini Chatterjee
The Reel
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‘Adrishyam’ trailer: Eijaz Khan and Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya play undercover agents
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Prithviraj Sukumaran on what makes ‘The Goat Life’ special: ‘A deeply meditative character study’
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Start the week with a film: A riveting game of mind control in ‘The Manchurian Candidate’
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‘Crew’ trailer: Tabu, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Kriti Sanon play stewardesses involved in smuggling
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‘I wanted to land this film correctly’: Why actor Kunal Kemmu chose to direct ‘Madgaon Express’
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Carrots and sticks: How food was used to oppress Indian sailors on colonial ships
For centuries, European shipowners hired lascars as cheap labour, paying them little and feeding them even less.
Priyadarshini Chatterjee
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Dongmo, charoti, saikala: The ingenuity of India’s little-known cookware
Modern utensils are not always up to the task in an Indian kitchen.
Priyadarshini Chatterjee
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How food came to the rescue of the British in India
To cope with the heat and diseases in a distant land, the British looked for remedies in the pantry.
Priyadarshini Chatterjee
The Field
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Commonwealth Games: Malaysia to consider hosting a downsized edition in 2026; Singapore also in fray
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WPL 2024: From captain Meg Lanning to rising star Shreyanka Patil – The Field’s team of the season
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Wrestling: IOA dissolves ad-hoc committee; elected body to take charge of national federation
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Hockey: Harmanpreet Singh to lead 27-member Indian squad for Australia tour
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IWL 2023-24: Odisha FC inch closer to title with win over East Bengal