In Bengal and Odisha, this technique is known as phoron, but unlike anywhere else in the country, these two communities and cuisines, especially Bengali, use not spices but a five-seed mix called ...

“Panch has been conveniently absent throughout this whole time,” said an internal email an NSF worker sent to fellow colleagues, referring to Sethuraman Panchanathan, NSF’s director ...

“Panch has been conveniently absent throughout this whole time,” said an internal email an NSF worker sent to staffers obtained by Nextgov/FCW. It referred to Sethuraman Panchanathan, NSF’s ...

Badri Raina is a well-known commentator on politics, culture and society. His columns on the Znet have a global following. Raina taught English literature at the University of Delhi for over four ...