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By Joe Mascarenhas
As a child I was always fond of treasure hunts and it was a real thrill to find the treasure after solving all the clues. As we grow wiser, age is just a number my friends, we’re still on the lookout for culinary treasures.

By Jonathan Sequeira
It was 5:30pm, but the slow local to CST wasn’t crowded as usual. Ben was three stations away from his station, Sion. Being Thursday gave him the advantage of fewer crowds.

By Sinead McManus
When I stepped off my first flight to India eight years ago, a holidaymaker back then, fresh with stories of exotic locales, sunny beaches and swaying palms,

By Sachin Chatte
The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, will be handed out this weekend (Sunday night in the US, Monday morning in India). For whatever they are worth, surely it is the most prestigious award, widely acknowledged around the world.

This is not meant to be a review. But when the ‘high priests’ of music get together to, let’s say, ‘jam up’ you want to sit down and put your experience on paper.

By Elizabeth Abraham
In my last article, I talked about Puppy-Biting which is a normal phase of a puppy’s growth but often mistaken for aggression.

The dot and line art of the Gonds, one of the largest tribal communities of Central India, is more than what meets the eye. An illustrative narrative of stories, nature, mythical legends, by an indigenous community has made its way to museums in Paris, Tokyo and New York. Yet, an art form as relevant and modern as a Matisse or a Picasso, still struggles for its rightful place in contemporary spaces.

By Pundalik Narayan Naik | Translated from the original Konkani by Augusto Pinto
Suddenly he remembered - on his way back home he had encountered some woodcutters. Workers of Dam-bab, they were sawing a jackfruit tree log into planks.

By Sinead McManus
Picture sassy and kaleidoscopic amid pristine white and chic. That’s Miss Monkey at Marbela Beach Boutique Resort. The vivacious label by Spanish designer Susana Gago Garcia has now moved north – from a successful venture at Agonda beach in south Goa, all the way up to Ashvem Beach.

BINA PUNJANI HAIR STUDIO
Remember the days of black and white television? And remember how colour changed our television viewing experience completely? The influence of colour in our lives is stronger than most of us realise. Did you know, for example, that colour is one of the most important things that determine the appeal of food?