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Anthony and his family harvesting amaranth leaves from one of the farms

How one man in Kochi is putting some of the city’s vacant plots to use by farming vegetables, organically

Shilpa Nair Anand Meet the man using unused plots in Kochi to grow organic tomatoes, amaranth, bok choy, thyme, celery, kale and more

Chocolate biscuit pudding ... a treat for all ages. Photo: Special Arrangement/THE HINDU

From a classic treat to a lockdown trend: Behold, the chocolate biscuit pudding

Nahla Nainar What has long been an easy, no-bake recipe for children at home, has turned into a social media trend during lockdown

Karuna dolls spread hope and joy during the pandemic

PRIYADERSHINI S Dolls giving health tips, artisans going digital, age-old looms getting modern makeovers. Here is to the innovative spirit of our handloom communities

Why virtual weddings are fast catching up

Dance in a virtual sangeet: How the big, fat Indian wedding got a digital makeover

Srinivasa Ramanujam For many couples, virtual weddings have become the go-to option in the last few months

From sanitising containment zones and fighting locusts, to delivering food, here's how drones are springing into action

Priyadarshini Paitandy How the pandemic, along with an invasion of locusts, pushed the drone industry to innovate

Politicians put up borders and cooks have the ability to take them down, says Ravinder Bhogal

A love letter to food integration: An interview with Ravinder Bhogal

Krithika R Through her latest book, ‘Jikoni’, restaurateur-chef Ravinder Bhogal celebrates immigrant food and its ability to organically blend myriad cuisines. In her case: Indian, Kenyan, and West Asian

In the wild Stills featuring Bear Grylls and Team Khukuri Warriors from India (team members Tashi Malik, Nungshi Malik, Brandon Fisher, Praveen Singh Rangar and VS Malik) during the World’s Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji

Twin climbers Nungshi and Tashi Malik turn versatile expeditioners in ‘World’s Toughest Race’

Divya Kala Bhavani Ahead of ‘World’s Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji’, climber twins Nungshi and Tashi Malik of Team Khukuri Warriors, and host Bear Grylls talk about the value of stepping out of one’s comfort zone

Exercise At Home How to use the balance board to improve stability

Nisha Varma Gain stability, strength, and efficiency, with these exercises on the balance board

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Fashion

Anjali Chandran at a loom in Andhra Pradesh

Chang Wan-ji, 83, and his wife Hsu Sho-er, 84, pose in clothes customers had abandoned in their laundry service.

The story of revival of korvai silk saris

Chitra Deepa Anantharam

These eighth generation Thanjavur-based weavers have been actively involved in revival and rejuvenation of korvai silk saris since 2009

An entrepreneur from Kerala launches a handloom challenge

Anjali Chandran’s challenge is to help weavers in Andhra Pradesh. August 7 is National Handloom Day

Taiwan grandparents become Instagram stars modelling abandoned clothes

Chang Wan-ji, 83, and his wife Hsu Sho-er, 84, have racked up nearly 6,00,000 followers on Instagram over the last month as their attitude-filled fashion portraits went viral.

Credit: Ashish Sachdeva

Fashion for your peloton: How to kit up for cycling

Magandeep Singh

Tie and tell Pawan can tie a safa in 13 seconds

Turbans are trendy. Meet the man who can tie them in 108 different styles and holds a record

Priyadarshini Paitandy After earning a place in the India Book of Records for tying the smallest Rajasthani turbans on fingers, Pawan Vyas is now attempting a record for the world’s biggest headgear

Food

Chocolate biscuit pudding ... a treat for all ages. Photo: Special Arrangement/THE HINDU

From a classic treat to a lockdown trend: Behold, the chocolate biscuit pudding

Nahla Nainar What has long been an easy, no-bake recipe for children at home, has turned into a social media trend during lockdown

Now pitched as climate adaptive food, Kerala’s heritage Pokkali rice cultivation needs support

PRIYADERSHINI S Kerala’s Pokkali farmers need support to grow this indigenous rice that weathers floods, is salt tolerant and offsets ground water salinity.

Motoring

Travel

In the wild Stills featuring Bear Grylls and Team Khukuri Warriors from India (team members Tashi Malik, Nungshi Malik, Brandon Fisher, Praveen Singh Rangar and VS Malik) during the World’s Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji

Twin climbers Nungshi and Tashi Malik turn versatile expeditioners in ‘World’s Toughest Race’

Divya Kala Bhavani

Godric’s Hollow in Lacock Village

The boy wizard turns 40: Here’s a look at some of the popular Harry Potter tours from around the world

Priyadarshini Paitandy

Photo: Devendra Singh

Visiting the Laat Bhairav temple in Benaras

Simon Reeve in Kamchatka, Russia

Sony BBC Earth’s ‘Couch Travel Anthology’ with Simon Reeve, Sue Perkins and Romesh Ranganathan brings home the world

Deepa Alexander

A couple on a bicycle somewhere in Assam

From Shillong to Bihar: Tarun Bhartiya documents his journey during the pandemic

Prabalika M. Borah

Fitness

Exercise At Home How to use the balance board to improve stability

Nisha Varma Gain stability, strength, and efficiency, with these exercises on the balance board

Video: Buying a road bike? Here's what you need to know

If you are planning on joining the global shift towards cycling, then our handy video guide will have you looking like a pro.

Homes and gardens

Anthony and his family harvesting amaranth leaves from one of the farms

How one man in Kochi is putting some of the city’s vacant plots to use by farming vegetables, organically

Shilpa Nair Anand Meet the man using unused plots in Kochi to grow organic tomatoes, amaranth, bok choy, thyme, celery, kale and more

Homes and gardens

Farewell, Ponnus

Anasuya Menon Even as a well-loved, rare, indigenous mango tree faces the axe, a collective in Kerala is quickly working towards conserving its legacy via seedlings and grafting

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Homes and gardens

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How one man in Kochi is putting some of the city’s vacant plots to use by farming vegetables, organically

Meet the man using unused plots in Kochi to grow organic tomatoes, amaranth, bok choy, thyme, celery, kale and more

Karuna dolls spread hope and joy during the pandemic

Dolls giving health tips, artisans going digital, age-old looms getting modern makeovers. Here is to the innovative spirit of our handloom communities

Now pitched as climate adaptive food, Kerala’s heritage Pokkali rice cultivation needs support

Kerala’s Pokkali farmers need support to grow this indigenous rice that weathers floods, is salt tolerant and offsets ground water salinity.

From a classic treat to a lockdown trend: Behold, the chocolate biscuit pudding

What has long been an easy, no-bake recipe for children at home, has turned into a social media trend during lockdown

Why football icon Ronaldinho ‘follows’ this Kerala teenager on Instagram

Nineteen-year-old Malappuram artist Vivek P T’s pencil portraits of the Brazilian star elicited a response from the soccer legend himself who liked and commented on the artwork

The story of revival of korvai silk saris

These eighth generation Thanjavur-based weavers have been actively involved in revival and rejuvenation of korvai silk saris since 2009

Adopt a pet

Humane Animal Society, Coimbatore, has some adorable canines ready to be given away

An entrepreneur from Kerala launches a handloom challenge

Anjali Chandran’s challenge is to help weavers in Andhra Pradesh. August 7 is National Handloom Day

Online classes: the yearning to go offline

The biggest realisation for students attending online learning is how much they miss their school and friends

2020 Honda WR-V facelift: minimal changes, even less altered on the inside

However, the WR-V retains its strengths: space and practicality

From sanitising containment zones and fighting locusts, to delivering food, here's how drones are springing into action

How the pandemic, along with an invasion of locusts, pushed the drone industry to innovate

Watch | Masks are getting a luxurious make-over in India

A video on how masks made of gold, silver and diamonds are taking the Indian jewellery market by storm

Dance in a virtual sangeet: How the big, fat Indian wedding got a digital makeover

For many couples, virtual weddings have become the go-to option in the last few months

From ‘pazham pori’ to Goan prawn curry, these well-loved Chennai brands launch cloud kitchens that serve comfort food

Although restaurants are cautiously reopening, if you prefer to order in, try the new wave of curated cloud kitchens offering home-style food

Answering your vehicle-related queries

An SUV for the cityMadhu: I am looking to buy an SUV that will be entertaining to drive and spacious. My usage is primarily in the city, with the

Singer-composer Sanjeev Thomas’ lockdown playlist for you this monsoon

Appreciate the rains with singer-composer Sanjeev Thomas. For your weekly Playlist, he lists his top five songs to listen to, this monsoon

‘Mudi Rap’, a hard-hitting Malayalam song on haircuts, is going viral

Shilpa Susan Jacob from Kottayam in Kerala captures the story of her short hair in the home-shot rap number

Government College for Women in Thiruvananthapuram reaches out to the differently-abled through its forum, Praptha

The forum conducted an online book appreciation competition for the differently-abled

This Madurai boy is shaking up the techno pop game with his customisable pocket synthesisers

Rohith G, a 23-year-old music producer from Madurai, discusses his cost-effective pocket synthesisers and MIDI controllers, and why it could be a blessing for budding artistes

Sai Ram Pillarisetti initiates a support system for medicos in the UK

Sai Ram Pillarisetti on starting the first international medical students wing in the UK

A green initiative takes off in Palwancha town of Telangana

Akshay Gunteti of Green Worms shares details of their waste management plan in small towns and villages

Twin climbers Nungshi and Tashi Malik turn versatile expeditioners in ‘World’s Toughest Race’

Ahead of ‘World’s Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji’, climber twins Nungshi and Tashi Malik of Team Khukuri Warriors, and host Bear Grylls talk about the value of stepping out of one’s comfort zone

A love letter to food integration: An interview with Ravinder Bhogal

Through her latest book, ‘Jikoni’, restaurateur-chef Ravinder Bhogal celebrates immigrant food and its ability to organically blend myriad cuisines. In her case: Indian, Kenyan, and West Asian

Single use, dangerous misuse: on the war against plastic during COVID-19

Reversing policies aimed to eliminate single-use plastics will do us more harm than good

Bear Grylls: The timing of ‘World’s Toughest Race’ is incredible

Famous survival instructor Bear Grylls gets candid about the value of teamwork in high-pressure settings, and why people under lockdown should especially watch ‘World’s Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji’

Wenger’s in Delhi, for all time

The writer plays back melt-in-mouth memories and thinks ahead to a time he can order again from Delhi’s Wenger’s, the bakery that was once a restaurant

Naturalist Yuvan Aves discusses ecology and the threat faced by moths

Naturalist Yuvan Aves discusses the ecology and the threat faced by these beautiful winged creatures as he shares stunning pictures of them during National Moth Week

History, science and more : Comedian Sundeep Rao lists his favourite podcasts

In Spotify’s Life Gone Wrong, stand-up comedian Sundeep Rao, who is partially blind, shares inspiring stories of people with disabilities. Here, he shares some of his favourite podcasts

How to use the balance board to improve stability

Gain stability, strength, and efficiency, with these exercises on the balance board

Video: Buying a road bike? Here's what you need to know

If you are planning on joining the global shift towards cycling, then our handy video guide will have you looking like a pro.

How Ponnus, a native mango tree, was saved

Conservationists’ efforts bear fruit, as they succeed in saving this rare, indigenous mango tree from the axe

How this Kerala artiste is bringing back Seethakali

T N Shajimon wins Kerala Folklore Akademi award for reviving ‘Seethakali’, a female-oriented Dalit narrative of the Ramayana

Wonder Woman with jhumkas and a dupatta? This artist says, why not

Meet Delhi-based graphic artist Deepak Bhatt whose culturally evocative incarnation of Diana Prince got him recognised by DC Comics and Warner Bros

Taiwan grandparents become Instagram stars modelling abandoned clothes

Chang Wan-ji, 83, and his wife Hsu Sho-er, 84, have racked up nearly 6,00,000 followers on Instagram over the last month as their attitude-filled fashion portraits went viral.

This Vizag-based startup is setting the tone for eco-friendly celebrations this year

Vizag start-up roots for eco-friendly celebrations by promoting seed rakhis and ganesh idols

Watch: Eight key takeaways from The Hindu Weekend Lifestyle series webinar on food delivery

Is home delivery a stop-gap arrangement or the future of restaurants?

Fashion for your peloton: How to kit up for cycling

If you are planning on joining the global shift towards cycling, then our handy guide will have you looking like a pro — with Italian bikes and clipless pedals

Chasing deliveries: notes from The Hindu Weekend’s webinar

Is home delivery a stop-gap arrangement or the future of restaurants? A snapshot from the recent webinar hosted by The Hindu Weekend

Stories on wheels: Meet the duo who biked across South America and made a documentary along the way

From Narco tourism in Colombia to Bogota’s underground graffiti scene, Rohith Subramanian and Sukesh Viswanath’s documentary captures it all

Khandayat style mutton curry recipe: Baba’s Sunday special

My father would start adding and frying the masala in an order reminiscent of a military march-past

In Paris, I showcased nine kinds of rainfed rice from India: Chef Anumitra Ghosh Dastidar

The chef and restaurateur on how she is making indigenous produce the centrepiece of her cuisine

The India-Ireland love story behind Maharani gin

This bond has resulted in a unique Malayalee-Irish gin celebrating Cork’s legacy, Wayanad’s spices and histories of rebellion

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