Shalini Umachandran

It seems far away from us, but changes in the Arctic influence climate across the world, including the Indian monsoon.

We find out why Barrackpore biryani is so stupendously popular in Bengal, and how one mom-and-pop shop, Dada Boudi, gained the cult following it has

In the Pilibhit forest belt in Uttar Pradesh's Terai region, tigers live as comfortably in the sugarcane fields as they do in the nearby forest

A handful of Indian architects are building for a world of climate instability by bringing together traditional ideas, modern materials and cutting-edge technology

Panruti in Tamil Nadu is one of the few towns where jacfruit grows all year and its GI-tagged fruit is sought after by customers and fine-dining restaurants alike for its sweetness, size and taste

What if a family could include anyone, and we didn't have to imagine the family unit as the one recognized by law, imagined by cinema and art, and celebrated by books? Lounge finds out

New Delhi, July 18 -- It would take a philosopher or an academic to explain this more fully but the ancient Greeks had separate words and categories

For hilsa, a fish that swims upstream from the sea to lay its eggs during the monsoon, any change in climate patterns affects its behaviour, size, spawning, and once it's on the plate, its taste

From the vocabulary of protest art to learning languages through food shows, there's a variety of stories to read in Lounge this weekend

Over the past few years, books and films have followed emotional journeys to Pakistan, where the protagonists visit a country that’s usually the foe in order to make peace with their past or understand the way forward