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Kaspers in Bandra is a bistro that lets Mumbai breathe a little easier

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Rediscovering lost flavours: Restaurateurs from Ladakh preserve culinary heritage in a changing world

In Ladakh, where the markets run amok with momos, a handful of chefs are preserving heritage recipes from times when the Silk Route thrived. Calling every aunt, grandmother, and neighbour who cooked hearty Ladakhi meals, these restaurateurs now dabble in fresh herbs, buckwheat, and delicious fatty lamb, hoping to revive a lost cuisine from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/F085uzO

APD’s Horticulture Department organises multiple edits of Bloom and Plant Carnival

The Association Of People with Disabilities is organising horticultural events till the end of the year from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/gtq9w4x

This Changed My Life | Actor Rohini reflects on grief, optimism, and her zeal for acting

Actor Rohini who has acted in several Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam films speaks speaks about how her mother’s death impacted her life. Having gotten past a difficult childhood where acting was not a choice but an imposition, Rohini speaks of finding her dramatic flair, her philosophy that revolves around happiness, and her escape from cinema’s imposing male gaze from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/mUfxgOe

Column by Saba Mahjoor | When Phuphee made room to breathe

Sometimes you need silence to heal and thrive, and cups of nun chai and makkai saott from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/dgQhT98

Batman and the Baavali: A documentary that showcases the nocturnal world of Bengaluru’s many bats

Roundglass Sustain’s latest film seeks to challenge widespread misinformation about bats and reveal the truth behind these misunderstood creatures from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/O2vW79z

Former Indian diplomat Nirupama Rao reflects on music as the last form of diplomacy

Ahead of South Asian Symphony Orchestra’s performance at the Asian College of Journalism on November 30, former Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao and the founder of the South Asian Symphony Foundation writes about manoeuvring the world of wars, and treaties, and eventually finding respite in music from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/loWrX17

Waking up in Varanasi: Beyond the ghats, explore wrestling arenas, street chaat, and local legends

In Varanasi, mornings unfold with sacred chants and age-old wrestling arenas. We explore them with some spicy chaat and a cup of lassi from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/ujLekCE

A Hundred Hands celebrates 15th edition with motif themed showcase

A Hundred Hands is highlighting Indian motifs for their 15th edition of Festival of Handmade, which commences this week from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/0ZB5P6o

Street Fighter to Valorant: Why Tamil Nadu Is Betting Big on Esports

With esports entering the Chief Minister’s Trophy Games in 2025, Tamil Nadu has become the first Indian State to treat gaming like a real medal sport — and players say the shift has reshaped the scene from the ground up from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/vw0i5GD

Tata Sierra returns to rewrite the mid-size SUV order

Tata Sierra, a legend from the ’90s, is back as a modern, premium SUV. The all-new Tata Sierra, bold, spacious, and tech-packed, blends heritage with modernity for buyers who value individuality from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Pa0JC7v

Photojournalist Gireesh Gopinathan’s solo exhibition captures the big picture through fragments

The photo exhibition, Panoramas But Not Quite will begin at College of Fine Arts, Thiruvananthapuram, on November 28 from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/rkvV703

Royal Enfield Bullet 650: A new chapter for an unbroken legend

Some motorcycles evolve; a few simply endure. When the Royal Enfield Bullet 650 made its India debut at Motoverse 2025 in Goa, it marked the most dramatic shift in the model’s 90-plus-year history—one that ushers the icon into the modern era while fiercely preserving its timeless soul from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/VSPiCb2

Fifth edition of the Green Literature Festival to be held in Bengaluru

Some of the sessions this year include an address by writer Sujatha Padmanabhan on her experiences in Ladakh, a conversation between journalists Priti David, Arathi Menon and Chintan Girish Modi on environmental journalism, a presentation by Pankaj Sekhsaria, the author of Island on Edge: The Great Nicobar Crisis and a panel discussion on eco-fiction. from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Ky3P7jN

The travelling Christmas treat guide for 2025

‘Tipsy’ almond flour cakes, gingerbread aunties, a planter’s Christmas cake, and more, to savour and gift this festive season from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/j9d12ux

What are cookies (on the internet)?

Cookies are a big part of our lives, both in food and in our daily internet habits. The edible ones are easy to love, but what about the cookies we can’t eat, the ones that pop up on our screens whenever we visit a website? Do they really affect us? Should we accept them, or is it no big deal? Let’s find out! from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/eLSfxEW

Sonam Kapoor dons Ukhrul-based East, by Easternlight Zimik. Meet the designer behind the brand

Championing traditional Tangkhul craft from Manipur, designer Easternlight Zimik speaks about his brand East, the new Patrons collection, and their recent big fashion moment with actor Sonam Kapoor from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/uZh34Ge

The many worlds of Aparna Sen

As Aparna Sen turns 80, two new books trace the actor-director’s trailblazing journey in cinema and theatre from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/ChgaPj8

Inside India’s podcast generation

The market is growing with over 100 million listeners. And with vodcasts on the scene, the game is set to change from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/CJRBIuz

Kochi Muziris Biennale 2025: A behind the scenes look at the work by the production team

What goes on behind the scenes of India’s biggest art extravaganza, the Kochi Muziris Biennale from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/GdnDsRx

Mayo College in Ajmer turns 150 years old. Is this India’s best boarding school?

Established as the Eton of India in 1875, Mayo College has educated princes and kings, Olympians and filmmakers, politicians and actors. As it gears up to celebrate 150 years, we look at how it stays relevant in 2025 from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/OQciPbW

Paris wax museum unveils new Diana figure in ‘revenge dress’

For Paris, the tribute carried extra weight. Diana died in a car crash in a tunnel by the Seine River in 1997, and the city still draws admirers who leave flowers and notes at informal memorials. from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/nJ4fCl3

Aerial adventure: Paramotoring activities begin in Visakhapatnam

Tandem paramotoring at Rushikonda and Sagarnagar is drawing visitors eager to see the coastline from the air from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/eW4GTxD

Raghava KK returns to Chennai with an abstract exploration of identity, loss, and reinvention

Through his new series, Figuring the Edge, at Ashvita’s, Raghava KK turns his work into a meditative act of unlearning and rediscovery from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/vb0fxoe

The Hindu’s Lit for Life Unplugged opens with a dialogue on the secret life of the dhristi dolls

Nazar is as ubiquitous as envy. But drishti in Tamil Nadu encompasses colour, culture, and most importantly, artistry. Get a dose of good luck at at The Hindu’s Lit for Life Unplugged from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/KGyNRUv

Get ready for some festive cheer with Mellow Circle’s annual Christmas play

The production this year is titled Trials, Tribulations and Christmas Decorations from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/e4q0rjW

Katherine Johnson: NASA’s forgotten human computer

This is the story of one of the first African American women to have worked at NASA, and someone astronaut John Glenn himself asked for to ensure the numbers were right before his mission... from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/zYbgWRq

Fashion label Huemn drops its SS’26 collection in collaboration with the newly launched Tata Sierra

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Why Samantha Ruth Prabhu is betting big on pickleball’s India boom

The actor talks about owning the Chennai Super Champs, her love for pickleball, and how a life-changing diagnosis pushed her towards wellness and sport from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Uwa8rnu

From The Lover to Flesh, unpacking the long literary lineage of food and coming-of-age

David Szalay’s Booker-winning Flesh reminds us that appetite and not abstinence writes the story of selfhood and becoming from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/8HZFGSl

The Script, Jason Derulo and arm wrestling at Shillong’s Cherry Blossom Festival 2025

Experiencing Shillong’s Cherry Blossom Festival — and my first-ever concert — through strobe lights, smoky pork and The Script’s emotional set from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/PNQIDA1

Kozhikode hosts unique ambient music event, Listening State: Vol 1

Listening State: Vol 1, featuring global artistes, will offer an alternative acoustic experience and immersive soundscapes from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/bEF5WD9

Behind Zohran Mamdani’s impactful and colourful campaign

New York mayor Zohran Mamdani’s campaign shaped political history with visual design that leaned into colour and borrowed from bodegas and Bollywood from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/lIhTKzr

Is Art Mumbai giving the Maximum City a new identity?

The third edition of Art Mumbai is its biggest yet. But is it helping carve a strong niche for itself and the city? from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/I8Y3AGt

Board games find space in Thiruvananthapuram cafes

More eateries in the Kerala capital depend on board games to entertain their guests who tend to be glued to their screens from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/LIW82Qj

Yamaha charts its next chapter: Two launches, two unveils, and a step beyond the niche

Yamaha’s latest showcase in India was not just another product reveal — it was a reflection of a brand trying to broaden its horizons. The company unveiled four models — the XSR155, FZ-RAVE, and two electric scooters, the AEROX-E and EC-06 — signalling an intent to move beyond its current niche and find a stronger footing in India’s wider two-wheeler market from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Vz6Rema

Enter this one-of-a-kind feather library in Bengaluru

The Feather Library’s founder, Esha Munshi, on how and why the initiative started, what the collection consists of, and her epic find, an extremely rare Sooty Shearwater, the only Indian specimen of this migratory seabird, which has just entered the collection from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/YB5UAhQ

Children’s Day: Spotlight on a children’s library in Hyderabad that also caters to adults

Launched by Aparna Hemant Thakur, AppuWorld Books and Toys Library, with its collection of over 22,000 books, brings together different generations of a family to read from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/wKeygcn

Mumbai-based Ekaa lands at The Raintree in Chennai, with an eight course popup menu

The Ekaa X Raintree popup is packed with flavours, surprises, and drama from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/eplDit0

Art Mumbai 2025: What to look out for this year

The city’s biggest art event returns for its third edition with a global line-up of galleries, a centenary tribute to Tyeb Mehta, and a renewed focus on South Asian voices from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/cfjWtv2

Crushed stones beneath our railway tracks? Why?

Meet Track Ballast: grey and brawn, the stones that make railways work. from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/bX41NEl

How mixed-use developments are reshaping India’s mini-metro skylines

Mixed-use projects boost commercial footfall, improve residential uptake, and deliver denser, smarter land utilisation from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/jv1xpn6

The return of the everyday rebel: Skoda Octavia RS first drive

The Octavia RS is back — faster, sharper, and more focused than ever. We took it to the Buddh International Circuit and a handling course to see if this legend still delivers that rare blend of everyday usability and pure driving thrill from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/UKjWoC4

Quiz | Easy like Sunday morning: What has November 9 ever given us?

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Second edition of Manotsava, a festival on mental health, to be held in Bengaluru

The two-day festival is organised by festival of mental health will focus not only on mental illness but also on wellbeing, says Rohini Nilekani, the Chairperson of Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies, which is organising the event in partnership with the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences and the National Centre for Biological Sciences on November 8 and 9 from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/x5sSc4b

Danish Mahal: inside Lucknow’s Urdu landmark

In an age of screens and declining sales, devoted patrons and efforts to revive it as a cultural hub may yet save the famous bookstore Danish Mahal from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/RD0s2u6

From Madras to Madrid: Chennai’s Kreeda traces the origins of the traditional game, dahdi

At an exhibition at Kreeda titled Madras to Madrid, Vinita Sidhartha documents her journey exploring the origins of dahdi, a game that Chennai has forgotten from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/UBb70nq

German journalist Michael Gleich’s photo exhibition in Thiruvananthapuram is a tribute to death and rituals surrounding it from across the world

The exhibition, Silence Alive: the Global Culture of Farewell, currently on at the Napier Museum grounds in Thiruvananthapuram, features photographs of cemeteries and burials from all over the world captured over the past 10 years from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/b85aF2T

Takashi Kudo and teamLab: meet the new architects of immersion

Takashi Kudo of teamLab on their psychedelic sensory playgrounds and why analogue arguments are a key part of their creative process from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/wToXBEL

A guide to fun desserts in Chennai: Try shaved snow, Dubai chocolate ice cream bars, pillow brioche and more

Craving dessert in Chennai? We pick four spots that have unique dessert offerings; from Malaysia’s ondeh ondeh, to pillowy brioche bread and adventurous ice cream flavours that include garlic, pani puri, green chilli, taro, and more from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/AkoVcuK

SUPER ASHA: A video game that allows you to experience the lives of ASHA workers

Award-winning filmmaker and feminist tech entrepreneur Priya Goswami on how her new video game SUPER ASHA is a tribute to the world’s largest invisible workforce, women from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/hseEIQY

Lessons on Anglo-Indian food and culture at 1882 Alfresco, a new restaurant in Bengaluru

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Meet Dr. Harini Muralidharan, team India’s doctor at the Women’s World Cup

Chennai resident, Dr Harini Muralidharan is the doctor of the Indian team which won the Women’s World Cup on November 2. She recounts the nail-biting minutes during the final and her experiences from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/l3akCJ1

Stéphane Scharlé brings a silent classic alive at the Alliance Française of Madras

Paris Qui Dort, the cine-concert, will transport its audience to a realm where music and motion picture intertwine seamlessly at the Alliance Française of Madras from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/clTQfS8

ITC Grand Chola’s Madras Pavilion is back after a makeover

The restaurant at ITC Grand Chola in Chennai now features new flavours, greater variety, and a beverage menu where local ingredients play the lead role from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/6m5uEIs

Ducati Streetfighter V4: The naked Panigale evolves

The Ducati Streetfighter V4 has always been about taking superbike DNA and stripping it down to its purest, most aggressive form. For 2025, Ducati has refined that formula further, giving the Streetfighter V4 and V4 S more precision, balance, and technological depth—without losing any of its feral charm from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/oxCVbpm

Nature inFocus 2025 Bengaluru: A festival celebrating the wild

Marking its 10th year, the Nature inFocus festival returns to Bengaluru with films, talks, art, and music that explore how humans and the wild coexist from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/VQ05TDS

Let’s talk FIRE: should you really retire at 40 in India?

While many debate raising the retirement age to 60, 62, or even 65, a new breed of professionals dreams of stopping at 40. Is FIRE smart, sensible, and sustainable? Or simply a fantasy dressed as freedom? from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/TF3e8uL

Which country is closest to space?

This seems like an interesting question, doesn’t it? Have you ever wondered which country is actually closest to space — and how we even figure that out? from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Hiq5LyT

Running on gratitude: Jack Faint’s 4,000-km journey across India after a life-altering diagnosis

British ultramarathoner Jack Faint is running 4,000 kilometres across India — a journey sparked by a seizure in Melbourne and shaped by a diagnosis that changed everything from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/rqMtb6v

How an island in Norway defied time: Welcome to Sommarøy

This Norwegian island caught the world’s attention in June 2019 when it was featured as the first place to try living without a time zone — a story that turned out to be a tourism campaign. Still, on Sommarøy, life naturally feels free of strict time boundaries. from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/DBAYiLu

From Miami to Mumbai, Art Deco comes alive in a global celebration

The Mumbai chapter of the cross-continental tribute to mark Art Deco’s centenary kicks off in November with walks, talks, exhibitions, and jazz nights from Lifestyle News, Fashion News, Lifestyle And Health, Vacation Ideas | The Hindu https://ift.tt/6JRWS42