Discovering Meghalaya's culinary depth and diversity from Delhi's cowbelt

Sourish Bhattacharyya | May 4, 2024 8:13 PM

New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Now that this is the election season, let us juxtapose Meghalaya's cuisine with the places of origin of three candidates who are getting a lot of attention -- the Shillong MP, who's up for re-election, is Vincent Pala of the Congress and he's from Jaintia hills; his challenger, Anapareen Lyngdoh of the National People's Party, is Khasi; and in the state's other parliamentary constituency, Tura, Chief Minister Conrad Sangma's sister and a prominent face on national television, Agatha Sangma, is in the fray -- she's from the fertile Garo Hills, the state's bread basket.

The only Hindi film singer the Mahatma heard, Manna Dey never got his due

Vikas Datta | May 1, 2024 10:00 AM

New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) In his over half-a-century-long Hindi film career, he sang more than a thousand songs, but just three serve to demonstrate his position in the industry's scheme of things - the madcap "Ek Chatur Naar" where Kishore Kumar beats him; the enchanting qawwali "Na to karvaan ki talash hai" where Mohammed Rafi emerges triumphant eventually; and the classical contest "Ketaki gulab juhi", where he beats Pandit Bhimsen Joshi.