By LIKHA VEER | INNLIVE
Like most Indian festivals, Onam is typically celebrated with food—lots and lots of it, consisting of at least six courses.
So much so that a proverb in Malayalam on the harvest festival goes “kaanam vittum onam unnanam.” It means a man must host a sadya—or a grand vegetarian lunch banquet—even if he is forced to sell his property.
The sadya, which is served on a banana leaf and relished best without the use of cutlery, is historically known to have included 60 dishes. Over the years, however, the number of dishes has reduced and several recipes forgotten.
By M H AHSSAN | INNLIVE
The violent agitation by the Patidar Patels in Gujarat demanding OBC status and quotas in education and jobs is one more indicator that the whole business of affirmative action has become counter-productive in India. Instead of helping the really backward classes overcome their historical handicaps so that they can lift themselves up by the bootstraps, India's caste-based quotas have become the route for the relatively well-off to demand special treatment and deny them to the more deserving.
By NEWSCOP | INNLIVE
From India’s commercial capital Mumbai to Pune in the industrial heartland of Maharashtra is 75 miles. An energetic crow can make the trip in five hours. A flight on Air India Regional could take longer.
“India is a country with various infrastructural constraints,” says Milind Sohoni, who specializes in operations management at the Indian School of Business (ISB) in Hyderabad. Among them: Airports are far away from city centers; it could take two hours to reach them. Check-in proceedings could account for another hour. Compared to this, the flight time of 50 minutes between Mumbai and Pune is practically negligible.
By M H AHSSAN | INNLIVE
India and Pakistan cancelled a high profile National Security Adviser meet this last weekend, much to the disappointment of many who were expecting to finally see a thaw in bilateral relations.
The run-up to the cancellation was filled with much acrimony, some of which has in fact been unseen since hostilities following 26/11. Officials say that there have been as many as 52 violations of the border ceasefire so far this month. This comes at the back of repeated cross-border infiltration of terrorists into India and terror attacks in Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir.
By DINESH RAO | INNLIVE
India is about to lose a piece of its rich medical heritage forever because of the whims of a politician.
Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao recently ordered the demolition of the Osmania General Hospital located on the banks of the river Musi in Hyderabad, on the grounds that the structure is falling apart.
Rao wants multi-storied towers to replace the existing heritage building, constructed in the typical Osmanian style of architecture as part of a riverfront development plan a century ago.
By SHALINI SAXENA | INNLIVE
A mother has died after doctors left the head of her newborn baby inside her womb after tearing off the body during delivery.
Geeta Devi, 32, was admitted to a government hospital in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, northern India, on Saturday night after she complained of labour pains.
But she died early hours of Sunday after doctors shockingly pulled the body of her newborn baby girl and left the head inside her womb.
By M H AHSSAN | INNLIVE
The party does not seem to be sure of its Modi magic working by itself and is likely to use the census data to fuel fear of a Muslim upsurge to consolidate its Hindu vote.
The decision of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government to release the country’s population figures on the basis of religion has raised doubts about the real intentions of the ruling alliance.
By LIKHA VEER | INNLIVE
Seemanchal, the hotbed of Muslim politics in northeastern Bihar, has been stirred politically by a recent visit by All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi ahead of state assembly polls.
Though it was Owaisi's maiden visit to Bihar, it appeared to be a move to create a situation almost akin to the Lok Sabha polls, when JD-U candidate Akhtarul Iman unilaterally withdrew from the contest in Kishanganj to strengthen the hands of the Congress nominee and avert a split in secular votes.
