Sustainability has to be a way of life to be a way of business – Anand Mahindra. Fast fashion is doing a number on the environment and while the business sector is a behemoth that cannot be stopped without the conscious effort of every single person that consumes it. Fast everything, in fact, is making our world that much more unsustainable and polluted to boot. …
Conscious eating has caught on in India, with people ditching packaged junk food. The rise of fit-fluencers and nutritionists on social media has also contributed to mindful eating with an emphasis on nutritional value. In this climate, quality and nutritious options to the sugar-loaded energy bars and crispy snacks have soared with a few making their name and earning their audience in the country. Home-grown healthy …
The adaptation of a book to film is one that is very tricky. The Lord of the Rings is one of the few that has managed to succeed and how. The spectacle that was the three movies has gone down in cinematic history. (If only they’d managed to squeeze in Tom Bombadil that would’ve been absolutely sublime). Here’re a few movies that really really didn’t …
What is an Indian meal without the jhatka of green chillies? Whether it’s thecha or the cursory addition in dal tadka, there’s no denying the dark green herb in our food amps up the flavour. Naysayers may want to take a seat. Now we love chillies, that much is obvious. So it doesn’t come as too much of a surprise that chutneys and pickles aside, …
Tiffin around our house is a dreaded word – because it either means I’m asking my pre-teen what she’d like for it or asking her if she’s put it for washing since coming back from school. She’d like to answer neither. As mums, the one thing that is constantly on the back of our mind is how to get them to eat whatever is packed …
Breakfast IS an important meal of the day and I tip my hat to those who do Intermittent Fasting by missing this meal. By the time I pack off my kid to school and cradle my cup of tea, my stomach makes sounds that would make Aslan proud. So, missing breakfast is just not my cup of tea (pun totally intended.) Sure, I try – …
Sugar is so polarising. And yet it’s present in natural and added forms in most food. Fruits have naturally occurring sugars in varying degrees depending on the fruit and every food preparation will have some element that contains sugar and so it is near impossible to cut it out of your diet. There are so many alternatives and substitutes for white sugar ranging from stevia …
Chai is a love language – at least in India. Chai with friends at a tapri, with work colleagues in the office canteen, with bae in bed, with your mum (spilling tea of course IYKYK), with dad bas yun hi, with siblings after arguing over who’s going to make said chai and of course sipping it early in the morning enjoying some alone time. Simple, …
Parle G, Monaco, Marie, Bourbon, Nice, Krackjack – which 80s kid hasn’t at some point in time found these in their tiffin? The beauty of these biscuits is their consistency of taste and despite the market now being flooded with fancier imported goodies, they have held their ground. If you want to try something new for chai time or tiffin check out some uniquely- flavoured …
Indian food is a culinary behemoth; there’s no debating that. Flavourful, colourful, lively, bright and satisfying to all senses, no matter which part of the country you visit, food is the first thing that you want to sample. But, even with so much variety there’re always naysayers and those who like to group all Indian food under one banner – SPICY! While this is the …
