Video: Did the idli originate within or outside the Indian subcontinent?
The dish is first mentioned in a 10th century Kannada text but could actually have been invented much earlier by Indonesian chefs under the Chola empire.
Play
Reading
-
1What triggered the stock market crash
-
2The complex story of the first British Indian to win an Olympic medal
-
3Voter rolls, not just EVMs: How Opposition is coming to a new understanding on BJP’s alleged rigging
-
4Is toothpaste killing all the good bacteria in our mouth?
-
5The UK wants to ban first-cousin marriages – but there’s an ethical challenge
-
6Why denying Rohingya children admission to schools is a human rights violation
-
7Is social media an ‘addiction’? This study looked at bodily responses while scrolling Instagram
-
8How students of Calcutta’s Hindu College created an idea of ‘the people of India’ under British rule
-
9NAAC bribery, UGC’s diluted rules: Two controversies reflect crisis in Indian higher education
-
10Listen: How tabla players accompany dhuns
