A lifestyle trend that was much in vogue in the 2010s (before the pandemic era scarcity panic turned us all into preppers and packrats) was “minimalism”—the art of living with less—and it […]
Minimalism: The Simple Life… or Renunciation Chic?
Yellowstone, Part 4: North American Serengeti
[continued from Yellowstone…] Cradled in the highlands of Roosevelt Country, lies Lamar Valley, nicknamed “Serengeti of Yellowstone” or “North American Serengeti” for its striking and diverse wildlife. We learned from the ranger […]
Too Many Cooks Spoil The Broth
As Manipur stews, Indian foodie Samy Lal, gives us a taste of what’s cooking Eeru tanaa lonba is literally translated “mixing and stirring watery” in Meiteilon, the language of the majority Meitei […]
Goja Moja
A magical sweet is the Goja It has a peculiar moja Often it’s crumbed, Its layers gummed, It may be tyaara, byaka or shoja. Last week in Birbhum’s Siuri, To which I […]
Mayo Just Doesn’t Cut the Mustard
[Editor’s Note: Poila Boishakh, the Bengali new year, is upon us. Like every new year, it’s really as much about looking back with nostalgia at the old year(s) as it is about […]
A Room… and a Window of Our Own
When Cuckoo News editor Dola Mitra dropped in at the Artsy – Coffee and Culture (“led there by the aroma of coffee and cake” in her own words) she decided to write […]
Yellowstone, Part 3: Forests, Lakes, ATM Machines
[continued from Yellowstone…] We reached Yellowstone National Park through the East Entrance and got our park passes and a map. Our hotel would be another hour’s drive through the Absaroka mountain range […]
Sweet Memes are Made of These
S.B. Easwaran reflects on the decline and fall of the delectable soanpapdi and decrees that it is in a sad spot of sweet trouble. The plight of the soanpapdi demonstrates the power of over-gifting to […]
Yellowstone, Part 2: The World Is Art
[continued from Yellowstone…] When I first landed in Cody, a small Wyoming town with a strip-mall-like airport, I had unthinkingly assumed – based on my standard East Coast experience – that our […]
Yellowstone, Part 1: Flying With Angels
When we started Cuckoo News a couple of years ago, I had hoped to do lots of travel pieces. That was before the whole pandemic/lockdown thing, of course. Although most of the […]
Moments in the Mountains
An entrepreneur with a deep and lasting love for the Himalayan hills, Mark Butterworth has made Himachal Pradesh his home. Living in a secluded farm, he hikes to remote regions high in […]
Fight the Fear. Ditch the Dread.
Dr Debashish Ray, renowned psychiatrist takes time off from his busy schedule to tell us how to battle pandemic depression. Editor’s Note: In Delhi, a friend just lost his mother to Covid-19. […]
Luminous in Lockdown
“When the going gets tough, the tough get going” as the saying goes. So how do the tough professionals, the men and women, accustomed to spending most of their time wheeling and […]
Luminous in Lockdown
Lockdowns have closed everything from beauty parlours to book shops. But like a breath of fresh air in these choking times these lovely ladies (and a few gorgeous gentlemen) have turned to […]
Trapped in Daughterhood:
Mother-daughter relationships can be intense. One of the deepest attachments of love — but often also other, more complicated emotions. Many mothers and their adult daughters have had to confront that head […]
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