Kerala's popular snacks face a hefty 18% GST, unlike hotel food or North Indian counterparts. Bakers urge GST Council for ...

South Indian cuisine is known for its diverse range of crispy, deep-fried snacks, and Dal Vada, also called Parippu Vada or Masala Vada, is one of the most loved. These golden-brown, crispy lentil ...

The game helped a south Indian community escape alcoholism and gambling. Now, it’s known as the Chess Village of India.

India's gutkha ban, a public health milestone, has been undermined by industry circumvention, weak enforcement, and systemic ...

As people spoke, those listening were reminded of all that Tarun had done for the region, since he returned to the town of his youth in the late 1990s. Having been part of internationally feted media ...

I am in Kozhikode, Kerala, South India ... I sip on amber-coloured Sulaimani chai, an aromatic black tea with lemon and jaggery that can be traced back to the Arabs. The tea is made without ...

Choose bananas that are ripe and have a few black spots ... For a true Kerala experience, serve these delicious fritters as an afternoon snack with hot cups of tea or coffee.

If there’s one thing you should know about me, it’s that I have a stomach of steel. I’ve always worn it like a badge of honor ...

The fifth pillar of caste, according to Isabel Wilkerson, author of “Caste: The Origins of our Discontents” is the division of labour based on one’s place in the hierarchy.

Appa of course knew this, but information was always given to us on a “need to know” basis.

The activist and researcher was released on bail on January 8 after spending more than six years in jail without trial in the ...

But that year – 1958 – Jayachandran famously came in second place in singing, the first prize going to KJ Yesudas – another veteran of film music from Kerala. Jayachandran did bring the ...