How Indian Rice Farmers Deal With Water Scarcity 

July 6, 2024

If farmers are planting the same variety of paddy in a field where it was previously planted, there’s no cause...

A forgotten delicacy from Assam: Tita Phool, cooked with broken rice, fish and a lot of love

December 15, 2023

A writer fondly recalls her grandmother’s special dish made with a special kind of tita phool (bitter flowers) that was...

A Winter Delicacy, The Patali Gur of Bengal is a Labour of Love, and Hard Work

December 11, 2023

The traditional date palm jaggery makers of West Bengal climb up and down at least 60 palm trees a day...

Strawberries sweeten the labourer-landowner bond in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki

January 19, 2023

Satyendra Verma is the first farmer to take up cultivation of strawberries in Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh and script...

It’s chillai kalan in J&K and here are some traditional Dogra recipes to keep you warm

January 20, 2022

There is a rich heritage of Dogra recipes and traditional flavours from the royal kitchens of Dogra rulers of the...

Explained: Why govt’s move to allow genetically modified food is facing criticism

January 14, 2022

The food regulatory body, FSSAI, introduced the GM (genetically modified) draft rules in November, 2021. These rules pave the way...

Water chestnut is 10 times costlier than it was 35 years ago — but have the cultivators benefitted?

December 29, 2021

Farmers in the barren areas of Madhya Pradesh rely on cultivating singhara (water chestnut) in the local ponds. These farmers...

Can India increase its milk production while it faces a shortage of cattle fodder?

November 24, 2021

While about 14-17% of land should be devoted to raising fodder, only 4% is currently under fodder cultivation in India....

Tracking adulterants in milk

October 30, 2021

How would you know if the milk that is supplied to you is adulterated? Scientists of Indian Institute of Science,...

To fortify or not to fortify rice is the question nutrition and health experts on either side explain

October 29, 2021

The Indian government has decided to provide fortified rice to the underprivileged beneficiaries in order to address nutritional deficiencies. While...