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TopicOnam

Topic: Onam

Onam inside a Nair tharavad—sadhya made easy in a new cookbook

Very few people in Kerala cook all 20-24 dishes of the sadhya today. Catering companies have replaced home kitchens. This changing nature of the sadhya was a central point of discussion at the launch of the book ‘Feast on a Leaf’.

How I trained a Delhi restaurant to serve Sadhya—walk in mundu, don’t use trays

In ‘Feast on a Leaf’, Chef Arun Kumar TR explores the festival of Onam and its centre piece—the sadhya.

After Onam ban, Kerala students settle for low-key event at divided JNU — ‘I feel marginalised’

JNU admin has for the first time banned Onam celebrations, ‘citing its religious nature’. Controversy erupted over poster of Mahabali in mundu with stripes in colours of Palestine flag. 

Onam drives up Kerala Covid cases again, daily infections increase by almost 30%

While Kerala registered 31,445 cases in the past 24 hours, state officials say there is no need to panic as the high Covid numbers indicate 'flattening' of the Covid curve.

Festive season warning — 4 states saw massive Covid surge after Ganesh Chaturthi, Onam

SBI research report says Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana and Kerala reported 50-60% of all their Covid cases after these festivals in August.

Use local flowers this Onam, CM Vijayan tells Kerala as Covid threat casts shadow on festival

Onam is the harvest festival of Kerala, and special floral carpets called pookalams form an integral part of the celebrations. The festival will be observed on 30 August.

On Camera

Rahul Gandhi wants to jail Himanta Sarma but Congress has a Bihar-sized problem in Assam

The Congress has promised Rs 50,000 assistance to each woman but as we've seen in many recent elections, voters seem to be conscious of the proverb: 'A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.'

Stocks fall, oil prices climb as Trump issues fresh threat to Iran ahead of his deadline

Fears that an escalation of the conflict could heighten a fuel squeeze & endanger the economy unnerved traders, with NYT reporting Iran stopped negotiating a truce with the US.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

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.