Reading Time: 8 minutes Just as Americans, South Indians are head over heels in love with their coffee. Coffee was introduced to India, particularly to the hills of Chikmagalur in Karnataka, back in 1670, thanks to an Indian Sufi saint Baba Budan, who carried the coffee beans along with him from Yemen. Since then […]
Author: Jitesh Ghag
Tea types and their origin: Every chai lover needs to know this
Reading Time: 7 minutes It’s certainly impossible for a country as vast and diverse as India to have a national dish. But when it comes to a particular beverage that’s simply loved by almost all of the country, it unarguably acquires the position of being its national drink. No marks for guessing it right…Tea, […]
Hindi Diwas: Know the roots of this incredible language
Reading Time: 7 minutes Apart from Bollywood, Cricket and English the next big thing that binds India together is the Hindi language. Well, this could be a subject of argument, however, of late, you would hardly find a person in India, except in the remote parts of the country who doesn’t know or understand […]
Mana: The Last Indian Village Near Indo-China Border
Reading Time: 11 minutes Borders between any two countries have always been a subject of attraction and intrigue for both citizens of the countries as well as travellers and tourists visiting them. Borders are in fact the end and beginning of many things, that define the countries divided by them. Moreover, the places, towns, […]
10 Unusual Festivals Around India that You Should Know About
Reading Time: 12 minutes How would you define a country as vast and diverse as India?! Tough job, isn’t it? However, even if the culture, food, language, and the way of living differs in various parts of India, the one thing that binds our country together in the spirit of celebrating life which manifests […]
International Literacy Day: Does Education Mean Only Bookish Knowledge?
Reading Time: 12 minutes Oxford English Dictionary defines ‘Literacy’ as the ‘ability to read and write’ and also as ‘knowledge or skills in a specific area’. We all have come across the literacy index across India and around the globe right from our geography lessons back in school. We have even come across people […]