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We’ve all eaten a modak once. The third pleat always gives it away. Pinch too hard, and the ukad, the steamed rice-flour dough that forms the modak’s outer shell, splits along the seam, and the coconut-jaggery filling starts leaking out before the thing even reaches the steamer.Every home cook who has attempted ukadiche modak, the … Read more
‘Padayaatra’ trailer_ Mammootty reunites with Adoor Gopalakrishnan after three decades. The trailer for Mammootty and Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s much-awaited movie ‘Padayaatra’ has been released. It gives the audience their first glimpse of the period drama where the superstar will play a doctor. About the ‘Padayaatra’ trailer The one-minute, 14-second trailer introduces Mammootty as a doctor who … Read more
Pakistan’s head coach Mike Hesson, center, raises a hand while speaking to the team. (AP Photo) Mike Hesson has opened the door to a permanent role as Pakistan’s Test coach after stepping in for the third Test in the team’s 0-3 series whitewash against England, while Shaheen Shah Afridi has made his own intentions clear … Read more
Forest City was meant to become a futuristic metropolis near Singapore, but its empty towers and quiet streets earned it a very different reputation. That unusual setting later attracted a group of technology entrepreneurs who saw the underused development as an opportunity to test a new way of living and working. In 2024, Network School … Read more
Kunal Kemmu is now regarded as one of the industry’s most original comedy filmmakers, which makes it hard to picture him as the outspoken, lovable kid actor who made his mark in several hit films of the early ’90s. Much of that early journey was shaped by Mahesh Bhatt, who directed some of his most … Read more
India’s gem exports rise 3.14% in August as studded gold jewellery shipments surge India’s gem and jewellery exports rose 3.14% year-on-year to $2.30 billion (Rs 21,945.87 crore) in August, as a sharp increase in shipments of studded gold jewellery and higher diamond export volumes supported the overall performance, the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council … Read more
Technician tied (Instagram) In a recent update, a mobile network complaint in Uttar Pradesh’s Fatehpur took an unusual turn when villagers in Hardauli allegedly detained a telecom technician and tied him to a mobile tower. Local police described the incident as a dispute over poor network connectivity. The incident came to police attention after a … Read more
Former Sri Lankan cricketer Chaminda Vaas (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Former India left-arm pacer Chaminda Vaas is set to join Delhi Capitals as bowling coach for the upcoming season. The franchise has been in talks with a couple of former India bowlers but things didn’t materialise.TOI understands that the franchise had approached Zaheer Khan and … Read more
Ganesha’s single tusk is in his prayers before it is in his idols. The Ganapati Atharvashirsha, a short Upanishadic text recited in temples every day, carries the Ganesha Gayatri, which begins “ekadantaya vidmahe”, roughly, “let us know the one-tusked one.” Ekadanta, the one with a single tusk, is how devotees address him.So the missing tusk … Read more
“The Office” actor Amy Ryan is set to feature alongside Emilia Jones in the series “The Retrievals”.The series is created by Molly Smith Metzler and is an adaptation of the New York Times and Serial Productions podcast hosted by Susan Burton, according to the entertainment news outlet Deadline.It follows an unlikely community of IVF patients … Read more