India’s financial capital Mumbai started its Monday morning with panic as the entire city faced a complete electricity outage because of a central grid failure. Power…
Month: October 2020
The Ministry of Information and Technology in India recently banned 224 China-based apps saying that these apps were a threat to national sovereignty and integrity. Much…
Dance, like any other art form, is meant to unite people. However, the abundance of casteist notions within the performing arts community has been a major…
A “pay-to-perform” trend has become a point of concern for Indian classical dancers and other artistes who are having a difficult time sustaining themselves and finding…
While the world celebrates the achievements of Nobel Prize winners, in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata, a group of students can’t stop remembering their teacher,…
Certain days of the wedding season are considered “auspicious” for marriages in India. But not for the commuter because that’s when thousands of marriages take place,…
Are you craving a corn tortilla filled with reddish well-marinated meat, accompanied by lemon, salsa, pineapple and cheese? The taco al pastor is a delicious dish…
It was 2013 when my friends and I first went to Karkhano Market on the outskirts of Peshawar, bordering the then-tribal area of Khyber Agency. A…
Two hours after the trailer for “Mirzapur”’s second season dropped online, the Hindi Amazon Prime Video show was already embroiled in controversy. Netizens took it on…
Kolkata, the capital of India’s eastern state of West Bengal, has been adjudged the safest metropolitan city for women in India, according to the latest National…