Urbanisation

From Tamil Nadu’s jaggery-flavoured Karuppatti Kai to Kerala’s pickling favourite Kannimanga, these unique mangoes are vanishing and with them, a slice of India's rich food heritage.

With temperatures in the capital soaring, this act is nothing less than blasphemous. On the one hand, we are pushing for the planting of more trees and working towards a sustainable development model, while on the other hand, governments are blindly sanctioning such acts.

The melodious chirping of these adorable little avians and a zero problem with breeding or dirtying our environment had made house sparrows a unanimous favourite among humans, and sparrows returned our love.

An IAS academy in Chennai has launched this web initiative to help civil services entrance exam aspirants know what to study.

Malls are considered markers of the rapid urbanisation of many parts of India. However, even rural India has its own versions of these hubs of commerce and trade. Elita Almeida explores one such “mall” in Maharashtra.