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Sacred Food: Kashi: Mint on Sunday
MINT ON SUNDAY Home » Mint on Sunday » Big story Last Modified: Sun, Feb 21 2016. 06 59 PM IST Of dead cows and the Ganga: The paradox of religion In her quest to embrace faith, the ultimate feel-good pill on the rocky road [...]
Sacred Food: Puri Jagannath: Mint on Sunday
Home » Mint on Sunday » Sacred Food Last Modified: Fri, Jan 01 2016. 04 19 PM IST What use is temple cuisine? Dining locally and seasonally is a fad now. Most traditional societies used to do just that. The second of a three-part series [...]
The beautiful Lord: Mint on Sunday
MINT ON SUNDAY Home » Mint on Sunday » Sacred Food Last Modified: Sat, Sep 12 2015. 11 30 PM IST Azhagar Kovil’s excellent dosai The humble dosai, a staple at breakfast tables in south India, takes a divine turn in the kitchen of Madurai’s [...]
Sacred Food Palani: Mint on Sunday
MINT ON SUNDAY Home » Mint on Sunday » Big story Last Modified: Mon, Aug 10 2015. 07 12 PM IST Palani’s heavenly panchamritham The prasadam of the popular hill temple not only tastes out of this world, but is also a healing potion Photo: [...]
Sacred Food in the Golden Temple: Mint on Sunday
Rolling rotis in Amritsar’s Golden Temple Shoba Narayan Amritsar: The family standing at the long, snaking line to enter Harmandir Sahib, or the Golden Temple of Amritsar, is fighting. All around are people prayerfully singing kirtans (devotional songs), but [...]
Silence and Sound Part 4
Home » Mint on Sunday » Silence and Sound Last Modified: Sat, Aug 27 2016. 11 37 PM IST Silence is an underrated tool in the arsenal of parenting When I don’t snap to judgement or bark out orders, it gives my kids the space [...]
Silence and Sound Part 3
MINT ON SUNDAY Home » Mint on Sunday » Silence and Sound Last Modified: Sat, Jul 02 2016. 11 35 PM IST My experiments with silence Keeping quiet improves sensitivity. Once you calm down your monkey mind, it is easier to pay attention Photo: Pradeep [...]
Silence and Sound Part 2
MINT ON SUNDAY Home » Mint on Sunday » Silence and Sound Last Modified: Sat, Jul 16 2016. 11 29 PM IST The problem of embracing silence in an age of noise Most of us don’t know how to experience, process, use or embrace silence—it’s [...]
Shortcuts to health and happiness
Home » Leisure » The Better Life Last Published: Fri, Sep 16 2016. 11 53 AM IST The age of betterment: Short cuts to health and happiness People do many things to better themselves. They take up a sport, learn languages, do yoga, meditate and [...]
Listen to your body
Home » Leisure » The Better Life Last Published: Thu, Dec 08 2016. 05 27 PM IST Listen to your body Don’t assume that the external world can cure your internal problems. Your body will give you clues about its current state and where it [...]
Work out during your commute
Home » Leisure » The Better Life Last Published: Thu, Sep 22 2016. 04 40 PM IST Work out during your commute Engaging your core while in the car, bus or autorickshaw is simple. All you need to do is make sure that your back [...]
Pandiculation is no gobbledygook
Home » Leisure » The Better Life Last Published: Thu, Sep 29 2016. 05 54 PM IST Pandiculation is no gobbledygook A pandiculation is a constriction of muscles followed by a stretch. Constrict, release, relax—that’s the sequence Shoba Narayan Try pandiculating to relax your body. [...]