This is a normal regular question: What is the only food that does not spoil? Answer: honey. It has been found unspoilt after nearly 4,000 years, next to mummies in the pyramids and other tombs of the Egyptian Pharaohs. Ancient Indians believed that honey was a food for the gods and had magical attributes. It was said to induce fertility in women, cattle and crops. Ayurveda texts have often...
When the great poet Allama Iqbal waxed eloquent in his famous poem, “Saare Jahan Se Achcha Hindustan Hamara”, he had in mind something in our national psyche that no invader was able to erase or decimate. For instance, our myriad traditions. Indian traditions are deep-rooted like the mangroves (whose roots go deep down and come up as well) and no tsunami can uproot them easily. Take the family...
Imagine this in sepia tones: A middle-class Maharashtrian family huddles together for a meal and everybody is in raptures over the mother’s garlic chutney. Every time the garlic chutney was served, it drew “oohs” and “aahs” from the extended family and friends. The enterprising son, Vijay Pathare, a mechanical engineer by training, then felt that this garlic chutney tasted so good that it...
