Food Fight
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Biryani is India’s most popular dish – so why does the BJP hate it so much?
Churlishness against biryani shows how Hindutva is a majority nationalism with a minority complex.
Shoaib Daniyal
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Ultra-processed foods have been villainised for years – but they’re not all bad
Processed foods allow consumers to save both time and money.
Sylvain Charlebois and Janet Music, The Conversation
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A vegetarian Durga Puja? Fortune Foods’ apology for ad showing Bengalis eating fish sparks anger
After a Hindutva group called the ad an ‘insult to Hindu faith’, Bengalis pointed out they don’t observe food taboos during the festival, unlike in North India.
Shoaib Daniyal
Trending
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In a first, J&K police goes after Kashmiris living outside India
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Saba Naqvi: The Narendra Modi cult moves up another level
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Julio Ribeiro: By arresting Disha Ravi for sedition, the government is tilting at windmills
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‘Audacious’, ‘A 100 for the ages’: Reactions to Rishabh Pant’s brilliant century in fourth Test
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Watch: Farooq Abdullah dances to ‘Aaj Kal Tere Mere Pyar’ with Punjab CM Amarinder Singh
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In France, vegetarian alternatives to meat can no longer have non-vegetarian names
With demand for meat alternatives growing, the meat industry is getting protective.
Malte B Rödl, The Conversation
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IIT-Bombay row: Is separate-plate rule for meat eaters caste discrimination – or not a big deal?
Debates rage on social media after Hostel 11 asked its residents to use separate plates for non-vegetarian food.
Shreya Roy Chowdhury
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IIT-Bombay students say they were asked to use separate plates for non-vegetarian food at the hostel
However, the hostel mess team has denied that it had issued any such direction.
Scroll Staff
Video
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‘There’s a lot that’s been lost’: First look at Oprah’s interview with Meghan Markle, Prince Harry
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Watch: Johny Lever’s #DontTouchMe challenge with his children is wildly popular on the internet
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Watch: Farooq Abdullah dances to ‘Aaj Kal Tere Mere Pyar’ with Punjab CM Amarinder Singh
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Watch: Ravish Kumar raises questions about IT raids at Taapsee Pannu, Anurag Kashyap’s properties
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Watch: After man brings out pistol to rob a store, shopkeeper fires his own revolver at him
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Food feuds in India: Not just the rosogolla, the sambar also has dodgy origins
Food cultures predate modern identities, so get ready for a whole host of claims.
Shoaib Daniyal
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Video: West Bengal wins Geographical Indication tag battle over rosgulla with Odisha
The sweet’s origins have been disputed for years between the two neighbouring eastern states.
Reuters
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Causing a stir: When young chefs from 45 nations battled for the top title at a culinary Olympiad
Even though the contest was not televised, it held plenty of drama and nail-biting moments.
Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri
The Reel
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‘7 Kadam’ trailer: Ronit Roy and Amit Sadh play father and son in football-themed show
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‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ review: Treachery and remorse in drama about the Black Panther Party
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In ‘Notturno’ documentary, vignettes of war and the eerie calm between the storms
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Charles Sobhraj mini-series ‘The Serpent’ heading to Netflix
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‘Thaen’ trailer: In Tamil film, a tribal beekeeping couple tackle apathy and poverty
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French restaurateur welcomes dogs, but bans bankers from his bistro
Alexandre Callet put up a blackboard outside his eatery that read, ‘Dogs allowed, bankers forbidden (unless they pay an entry fee of €70,000)’, a loan he had been denied he needed to open a second shop.
Scroll Staff
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Meat ban irony: How a Congress-imposed order was cut to size during BJP rule
As it turns out, Mumbai has had meat bans since perhaps 2004. So why the uproar this year?
Aarefa Johari
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Who deserves credit for the rasgulla? Bengalis, Odiyas...or the Portuguese?
A fierce turf war has broken out over whether the rasgulla was invented in Bengal or Odisha.
Shoaib Daniyal
The Field
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ISL semi-finals: FC Goa denied first-leg win as Mumbai City FC hit back twice to force 2-2 draw
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Just see the ball and react, that is my USP: Rishabh Pant after match-changing ton in fourth Test
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Fourth Test: Rishabh Pant, Washington Sundar and a partnership that turned the game on its head
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Aiming for more events, hope to make India proud in Tokyo: Neeraj Chopra after new national record
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ISL semi-final first leg, FC Goa vs Mumbai City FC as it happened: Goa, Mumbai play out 2-2 draw