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Sunday, April 5, 2026
TopicFood history

Topic: Food history

A quiet renaissance of Sindhi food is underway—social media, supper clubs and cookbooks

Sindhi food was restricted to festivals and family gatherings and lost its everyday vocabulary.

China invented pancakes 5,000 yrs ago. Poems & paintings support new discovery

According to one folklore, pancakes were invented by Xiang Yu, a warlord who joined in the rebellions that led to the end of the Qin dynasty.

Indians turned to ancestral ingredients during Covid—a country revisiting its food map

The story of millets, makhana, and mahua is one of agricultural revival and of communities and policy-makers working together.

Science Gallery Bengaluru’s ‘Calorie’ exhibition looks at food, memory & politics

The exhibition will officially launch on 9 August and is open to visitors for free. It explores humanity’s intimate yet fraught relationship with food.

Art and India’s food history—Lakshman barbecues, Krishna drools over butter

Historian Pushpesh Pant delivered a talk titled Encountering Indian Food in Art and Sculpture at the National Museum in the presence of Director General BR Mani.

Aurangzeb’s favourite biryani had an ingredient found only in Kashmir—sorrel flower

Historian Neha Vermani spoke about the role of food in Aurangzeb's court. Mughals were also selective vegetarians, she says. It was a Sufi method of 'soul purification'

On Camera

The influencer war that took rural creator Pujarini Pradhan global

As social media debated whether audiences were consuming Pujarini Pradhan as a symbol, The Juggernaut turned her into a story that could circulate globally, with or without her participation.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.