Sustainable food, experiential dining and fusion cuisine are making their mark on the Indian culinary scene.
Perspective is a pain in the backside. The day I rejoiced over losing 0.5 kilos in my weekly Ode to the Weighing Machine was the day I read that Aamir Khan had lost 25 kilos in his journey from fat to fit in Dangal. It put matters into perspective. But the bright side was knowing that I was not alone in this all-out war against belly fat. The whole sea of humanity seems to be on a collective mission to turn from fat to fit. You go to your local gym and a heated discussion is going on about the advantages of avocado. You scan the newspaper and, right below the item on Islam and polygamy, is the piece on the rise of the vegetarian traveller. You try the GM diet and, for weeks later, long after you’ve regained the weight you lost, you see that it is a conversation starter because the entire world is divided into those who have tried the diet and those who have an opinion about it. You watch television and feel depressed because everyone on it is slimmer and shinier than you. Then, of course, there is the holy grail of health fads—the internet, which seems to be a tangled mess of diet plans. This Purveyor of All Things Wise informs me that sniffing an apple, banana or peppermint can help control my ravenous appetite, and eating in front of a mirror can reduce what I eat by nearly a third.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة July 23, 2017 من THE WEEK.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة July 23, 2017 من THE WEEK.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.
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BABU BOOM
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TALKING POINT
By voting in large numbers, the people of Kashmir have expressed their readiness to resolve pressing issues peacefully
MAMATA FEARS THAT I WILL TAKE HINDU VOTES TO BJP
Everyone was surprised when Mamata Banerjee accused Kartik Maharaj, a monk associated with the Bharat Sevashram Sangha, of not allowing Trinamool Congress’s agents to sit in some polling booths during the Lok Sabha elections and of inciting communal violence in Murshidabad.
SOUTH WREST
As nine constituencies in southern Bengal go to the polls on June 1, the Trinamool Congress hopes to retain its hold
Why BJP is not contesting in Kashmir
Union Home Minister Amit Shah claims “there is no greater testament to the removal of Article 370” than the high polling percent ages in the Kashmir valley.
GO THROUGH ME FIRST...
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If the BJP is determined to put democracy in jail, then I am determined to run democracy from jail
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW ARVIND KEJRIWAL, DELHI CHIEF MINISTER AND AAM AADMI PARTY NATIONAL CONVENER
Spivak's speech; not fair, lady!
When Horatio Bottomley, MP, called in to see Lord Cholmondeley, he told the butler, “I wish to speak to Lord Cholmond-ley.”
Stroke Of Genius?
Not really. Stroke care is not rocket science. All it needs is better public awareness and access to timely and affordable treatment
At What Ages Do People Feel Most Lonely?
ACCORDING TO A US STUDY PUBLISHED in the journal Psychological Science, loneliness follows a U-shaped pattern in adulthood people are loneliest during younger and older adulthood, and least lonely in middle age.