Festivals Chhath Puja: From thekua to ole curry, here are six easy food recipes The four-day long Chhath Puja is marked by strict fasting as well as healthy feasting. Here are six easy to...
Festivals The sights, smells and taste of Chhath Be it Houston or Hazaribagh, the Chhath Puja celebrations have a comforting sameness to it with special rituals, foods and...
Festivals A folk-singer, a filmmaker and an actor from Bihar share their memories of Chhath For folk singer Sharda Sinha, her Chhath arghya to the deity is in the offering of her songs. It is...
Reportage He’s Oonga. He’s Rama. He’s a child of the forest. Eight years after Devashish Makhija’s directorial debut Oonga hit the festival circuit, former child actor Raju Singh speaks of the...
Positive Stories|Reportage On Jur Sital, the Maithili New Year, the chulha maharani gets a break For Maithili New Year, Jur Sital, which falls today, April 14, people in the Mithila region give the kitchen much-needed...
Reportage Well, it is time for a well’s wedding. And the groom is … a banyan tree! Ever heard of a well getting married to a banyan tree? Or of how entire villages in Bihar and Jharkhand...
