Beyond the hype, millet farming is a challenge

Beyond the hype, millet farming is a challenge

In 2024, when food researcher and writer Shivani Unakar visited Maan taluka in Satara, Maharashtra, she learned from local millet farmers that insufficient rainfall had delayed the germination of the jowar (sorghum) crop. “The farmers were very concerned. But towards...
DYK? Isha Ambani sold her mansion to this actress for huge price

DYK? Isha Ambani sold her mansion to this actress for huge price

Mumbai: The Ambani family is one of the richest families in the world. In 2024, they made headlines again with the grand wedding celebrations of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant. From Rihanna’s live performance to luxury cars, expensive jewellery, and...
BookMyShow removes Kunal Kamra from site, Shinde Sena leader thanks CEO for ‘keeping portal clean’

BookMyShow removes Kunal Kamra from site, Shinde Sena leader thanks CEO for ‘keeping portal clean’

Online ticketing platform BookMyShow has delisted stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra from its platform, PTI quoted a Shiv Sena leader from Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s faction as saying on Saturday.All listings and content about Kamra have been removed from the...
A novel about gender expectations of women in the Ramayana (and the modern world)

A novel about gender expectations of women in the Ramayana (and the modern world)

Rashi Rohatgi’s debut novel Sita in Exile is slim and elegant, delivered in lyrical prose. Sita is married and having an affair with her husband’s colleague, so there is all the intrigue of an Elena Ferrante novel, the material dialectic...
Surat content creator ends life over small follower base | Ahmedabad News

Surat content creator ends life over small follower base | Ahmedabad News

A digital content creator allegedly died by suicide in Surat, Gujarat, on Friday after he failed to increase his follower base on social media. According to the police, the 21-year-old man, a fitness freak with over 7K followers, used to...
Shashi Deshpande writes about the ‘perfect artist’ who reinvented the novel

Shashi Deshpande writes about the ‘perfect artist’ who reinvented the novel

Two thousand twenty-five is the 250th anniversary of the birth of the English novelist Jane Austen. England plans to celebrate the event in a big way, with gala balls, exhibitions, costume parades, live lectures, podcasts, happenings in the places where...
UP police issues notices to 24 people in Muzaffarnagar

UP police issues notices to 24 people in Muzaffarnagar

  Muzaffarnagar: UP police in Muzaffarnagar district have issued notices against 24 people for protesting against the Waqf Amendment Bill by wearing black badges and asked them to furnish bonds of Rs 2 lakh each. Superintendent of Police (City) Satyanarayan...
After Waqf Bill, Christians are RSS target, says Rahul Gandhi

After Waqf Bill, Christians are RSS target, says Rahul Gandhi

The Waqf Amendment Bill passed on Friday sets a precedent for the Union government and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh to turn their attention to Christians, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Saturday.Citing a report by The Telegraph about an online...
Govt holds meeting with Meitei-Kuki groups on Manipur conflict resolution

Govt holds meeting with Meitei-Kuki groups on Manipur conflict resolution

New Delhi: The Centre on Saturday held a meeting with representatives of Manipur’s warring Meitei and Kuki communities, in an effort to bring a lasting peace in the restive state. Sources said the meeting was held as part of the...
Annie Zaidi’s short and sweet novel about second chances

Annie Zaidi’s short and sweet novel about second chances

All’s well that ends well in Annie Zaidi’s new short and sweet novel, The Comeback. A departure from the more sombre themes that Zaidi usually writes about in her fiction and nonfiction, this is a novel about second chances in...
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