Culture

Made with simple ingredients that are easily available at home, Thekua served at Chhath Puja have a crispy exterior and a soft, buttery texture inside.

Abdul Aziz Kozgar of Srinagar is one of the last threads to Kashmir’s rose water making legacy - at a very reasonable price.

Pune's iconic Aadya Amruttulya was launched way back in 1924 by a family from Rajasthan that had traveled nearly 1000 kms to set up the tea shop loved by Bollywood celebrities and freedom fighters

Ishan Soni, third-generation owner of Delhi's iconic 74-year-old eatery Roshan Di Kulfi, talks about how his grandfather Roshan Lal Soni set up the food stall after the Partition of India, and how the family has expanded the business and carried on his legacy over the years.

With their apparel brand Namza Couture, Padma Yangchan and Jigmet Disket are pioneering the use of fine Ladakhi textile, whether it's Nambu (sheep wool), Khulu (yak wool), camel wool or pashmina.

Retd Army Captain V K Mehra and his wife, Cuckoo, started the Teasta Tea Shop, one of the capital’s oldest and most popular tea cafes, from their garage in Noida in 1995.

Mimansa Shekhar from Bihar shares how her parents broke the rules of Gurhathi, a patriarchal wedding ritual that is traditionally performed by the groom’s elder brother or any male family member, but never by a woman — not until this wedding.

The Kerala-style village is located in The Little World Museum Of Man in Inuyama, Japan, that allows visitors to experience the culture and traditions of various countries.

From neon baby-sized umbrellas to ones that have Bluetooth connectivity and a fan, Kerala’s popy umbrellas have explored every level of innovation in the past 25 years.

Be it roshogolla or sambar, tell us about that one food origin fight you just cannot stay out of.