Chikungunya has been triggering fear amongst residents in Delhi as the city saw a sharp rise in cases from the mosquito-borne viral infection this week, taking the toll to 1,057. Till Tuesday September 12, three people have succumbed to chikungunya at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi this season. Besides, the national capital has also been grappling with dengue fever and some cases of malaria this season. In addition […]
For those of you who’re from the wonderful ‘City of Joy’ called Kolkata, you’ll relate to this post more than who’ve not been to Kolkata. If you belong to the later community, you’re missing out on a lot of good food. And when we say GOOD FOOD, we mean GOOD FOOD! An outsider can tell you the posh places to go when in Kolkata, but if you want to taste […]
If you ever doubted the powers of Feng Shui, a visit to Hong Kong is enough to put all those thoughts to rest. Right from the moment that you set foot into Hong Kong, the gush of positive energy is overwhelming. This ancient Chinese art of positioning objects and buildings in harmony with nature to bring good fortune is almost embodied in the natural existence of Hong Kong. Its geographical […]
He is not a wealthy man and has no other business. Like most of us, he has a family to look after. His wife is a yoga teacher and both his daughters are in college. He has little savings. One would expect a man like him to constantly think of ways to develop his business and make more money. That’s what ‘normal’ people would have done anyway. But 50-year-old Venkatraman […]
Would you eat meat fed on maggots? Raising pigs, chickens and fish on insect larvae could change the way we farm animals, says Nic Fleming Millions of maggots squirm over blackened pieces of fruit and bloody lumps of fetid flesh. A pungent stench of festering decay hovers over giant vats of writhing, feasting larvae. It’s more than enough to put most people off their lunch. Yet these juvenile flies could […]
Exotic food is part of the global travel experience. But recent efforts by conservation groups to ban the much-loved deep fried shark sandwich in Trinidad and Tobago have proved these experiences are often fraught with cultural difficulties, especially for travelers who like to experiment with new experiences. Here are some of the more exotic food items travelers might encounter, along with reasons some say you should avoid them The ortolan […]
A Swedish wildlife photographer has captured some photos of the rare spirit bear in B.C.’s Great Bear Rainforest, but refuses to divulge the animals’ exact location so they remain undisturbed. Tom Svensson’s photos were published in the Daily Mail earlier this week. He said the group, seen eating fish, was very calm. One in 10 black bears has white or cream-coloured fur. They are not related to polar bears. This […]
On New Year’s day, India joined a select band of countries where food containing genetically modified (GM) content must be labelled as such. But it has done so without any preparation. The labelling of foods with GM ingredients has been a long-held demand of consumer groups, but the way it has been done in India has left them disappointed. The Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011, which came into effect […]
