The dying kitchen story
Book>> Cooked: A Natural History Of Transformation • by Michael Pollan • Penguin • Rs 1,400
Kitchen gadgets
Book>> Consider The Fork • By Bee Wilson • Basic Books • Rs 500
Assam and its notion of nationhood
Book>> Empire’s Garden: Assam And The Making Of India •by Jayeeta Sharma • Permanent Black • Rs 695
The ancient mariners
Book>> Beyond The Blue Horizon • by Brian Fagan • US $10 • Bloomsbury
Relevance of history
History provides important lessons in the management of the environment for administrators, conservationists and their ideologues. But have we …
‘Indian vegetarians do not eat vegetables’
Food historian and physician Manoshi Bhattacharya explains how the diet of Indians have changed over centuries
Bhutan: Pursuit of happiness
Karma Tshiteem is the secretary of the Gross National Happiness Commission, the novel name of Bhutan’s Planning Commission. He tells Aditya …
Elephanta caves: Re-carving the old magic
Working for over eight months at a stretch, the Wadars tibals arrive at Elephanta Island to recreate the old magic of the caves by breaking …
Sweet cruelty
Sugar plantations were run by African slaves who were tortured, but they also revolted against their masters
India is many, not one; has assimilated ideas from everywhere: Upcoming report
Experts on genetics, archaeology, anthropology, linguistics, philosophy and history will prepare a 600-page report on 12,000 years of India’…
Green lore
Environment has been intrinsic to our oral traditions much before we developed writing. But it is only in the past decade or two that …
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