It’s a grim time and we’re all struggling to adjust to the “new normal”. But I’ve come up with a way to cope with the lockdown – plug in your noise-cancellation earphones and cut off all that unwanted noise.

Apart from making economic sense, biryani is traditionally a large format meal. A social affair. You cannot make biryani for one; it’s not possible. You make biryani for the same reason you make art, to share it with the world.

Q. Who wants pancakes for brunch? A. Everybody

While trekking in Ladakh, I find myself buried waist-deep in debris. This is it, I tell myself. This is how I’ll go out, amid the oversold beauty of this high-altitude desert, as a slight disappointment to my mother and no book contract. I leave behind a flimsy legacy of FabIndia kurtas and Nicobar dresses.

Much before I was spoilt for choice by in-flight entertainment options, I’ve enjoyed a dubbed version of The Transporter with a Hindi-speaking Jason Statham just as much as a double-header of Hungama and Hulchul on bus rides. As a broke college student with adventurous dreams but limited means, the movies played in the bus quickly became my favourite part of travel.

Ring in the new year with this Garlic Bread Ring recipe.

Lavasa’s story is not just a story of an environmental disaster or an economic nightmare, it is a cautionary tale of the failure of human hubris and a reminder that it may be easy to build a perfect city, but it is damn near impossible to buy its heart.

Tender, young jowar called Ponkh in Gujarat or Hurda in Maharashtra is a hyper-seasonal ingredient available for just a few months a year. Here's how you can turn it into tasty upma.

It wasn’t an earthquake. Could it be a sonic boom? Nobody really knows what was the loud sound which rattled Bangalore this afternoon.

It’s been a week since CarryMinati’s popular video “YouTube Vs TikTok” was deleted from YouTube, after multiple users reported it for homophobic slurs. One statement from the video, in particular, had irked the LGBT community: The term “mithai” is apparently used derogatorily to refer to gay people.

Videos circulated of a shirtless Dr Sudhakhar being dragged out of a car onto the streets in Visakhapatnam, and being attacked by cops. Will the policemen be penalised under the central ordinance that could get you seven years in jail for attacking a corona warrior?

Cyclone Amphan – the fiercest storm over Bay of Bengal in decades – is expected to make landfall in a few hours with winds gusting at 185 kmph. The heavy rainfall and high waves are leaving a trail of destruction with uprooted trees and collapsed houses.

YouTube’s “pause-and-find-flaws” generation is calling out bloopers from Ramayan and Mahabharat. They’ll never know the extent to which these TV shows were, literally, epic. Back then, Doordarshan assumed the role of absentee grandparents; Sunday morning television was a proxy temple visit.

If you want to bring your migrants home, there’s no stopping you. Jharkhand becomes the first state to fly stranded workers back home in a special chartered plane.

There are a few things that thrill the Indian heart as much as telling people what and what not to do. Just ask your residents’ welfare association chairman, who is probably walking clockwise around the colony reviewing CCTV pictures right now...

TikTok star Faizal Siddiqui’s viral video promoting acid attacks has been taken down. But objectionable content on the platform is far too common.

Suspicion turned to Hemraj when Aarushi was found dead, but when Hemraj’s body was discovered, it became a closed-door mystery. Send us your feedback at trialbyerror@arre.co.in

For many, the announcement of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees U2’s first- ever concert in India is the end of a long wait. But what’s also true is that U2’s maiden Indian appearance is coming around 15 years too late.

This episode examines how rumours tainted the investigation. Send us your feedback at trialbyerror@arre.co.in.

In a Tamil Brahmin household, mornings aren’t complete without the holy trinity of filter coffee, The Hindu, and MS Subbulakshmi’s “Suprabhatam”.

If there were to be a physical manifestation of what “being timeless” looks like, Mohammed Rafi would be it. “Tribute to Mohammed Rafi” is a permanent fixture in most taxis in Mumbai and you’ll find his famous classics on the playlist of a backpacking hipster in Himachal.

Introducing Arré Sunte Ho!, a weekly podcast featuring hot takes on hotter topics. This week, we delve into India's wedding mania, from the media circus of the Ambani Wedding to the runaway success of Made In Heaven.

“Those who are infected had the option of home and sharing memes. They came to work because they are committed professionals,” tweeted Zee News editor-in-chief Sudhir Chaudhary. Then he had a clarification to offer, but Indian Twitter isn’t buying it.

I tried to be rational when I found out that my father was having an affair. But I was only drawing more lines for him to toe, for his halo to remain untarnished.

A Pakistan Airline International plane, with 107 passengers and crew members on board, crashed minutes before landing in a residential neighbourhood in Karachi.