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Taste of Life: Sacred role of food in honouring the dead

India, July 31 -- Food is an integral part of commemorating the dead. People remember the deceased through the everyday act of eating and reintegrate the bereaved into the community in which the decea... Read More


Tale of Colonial India's Railway Refreshment Rooms

India, July 17 -- The railway in India helped Indians and Europeans travel much more extensively than they were accustomed to in the pre-railway era. It also brought forth several problems that the go... Read More


Taste of life: Dining cars on tracks, chugging on race, caste lines

India, July 10 -- The British colonisation in India was marked by the deeply disturbing phenomenon of racism. India formed a cornerstone in the arch of European imperialism in Asia, and it was there t... Read More


Taste of Life: Encouraging fasting to protect religious traditions

India, July 3 -- In early twentieth-century Colonial India, a resurgence of religio-cultural self-awareness that endorsed traditions played a significant role in defining cultural identities. This sel... Read More


Tackling Cholera: Unsung Healthcare efforts during the Pandharpur Wari

India, June 26 -- The "Ashadhi wari", the pilgrimage to Pandharpur, epitomises collective devotion and personal spirituality. It fosters social bonds across communities and encourages the sharing of c... Read More


Taste of Life: The spicy goodness of a hot toddy for Poona rains

India, June 19 -- The intersection of Colonialism and temperance propagated by European countries makes a rather interesting topic in food studies. In Colonial India, temperance promoted by native lea... Read More


Cabaret in the city

India, June 5 -- On the evening of November 30, 1919, the premises of the Napier Hotel near Poona Cantonment were thick with anticipation. Men and women dressed in their best attire arrived in horse-d... Read More


Jazzy in Poona: Cabaret in the city

India, June 5 -- On the evening of November 30, 1919, the premises of the Napier Hotel near Poona Cantonment were thick with anticipation. Men and women dressed in their best attire arrived in horse-d... Read More


Taste of Life: Doer of Gandhiji's philosophy of decentralised democracy

India, May 22 -- The Government of India Act of 1935, a landmark piece of legislation, brought about significant democratic reforms in India. It granted a large measure of autonomy to provinces, ended... Read More


Taste of Life: Europeans love for hill stations set foot on Mahabaleshwar

India, May 15 -- The Ladies of Mahabaleshwar Have strawberries for tea. And as for cream and sugar, They add them lavishly; But Poona! Oh, in Poona, Their hearts are likely to break For while th... Read More