| The Gandhi family walked together during the Bharat Jodo Yatra, as it passed through Delhi, with former party president Sonia Gandhi, her daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, son-in-law Robert Vadra and grandchildren joining Rahul Gandhi in the march that began at Kanyakumari in September and is scheduled to culminate at Srinagar in January. |
THE DAILY QUIZ Pakistani-origin chef Ali Ahmed Aslam is often credited for inventing Britain’s favourite curry – spiced and roasted, boneless chicken chunks, dunked in a creamy tomato sauce. He devised it after a customer complained that his meal was too dry. Which? a. Chicken 65
b. Chicken Manchurian
c. Chilly chicken
d. Chicken tikka masala TAKE THE FULL QUIZ |
| THE BIG STORY Bharat Jodo in Capital: Rahul takes aim at BJP Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of spreading communal hatred and trying to divide people on the lines of religion, a remark the 52-year-old made at the Red Fort after he led the Bharat Jodo Yatra through key areas of the national capital. Read more. |
| THE BIG QUESTION What measures are being taken at airports to spot Covid cases? Passengers arriving from China, South Korea, Japan and Thailand — the countries where Covid-19 cases are on a rise — will soon require mandatory RT-PCR tests, Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Saturday. While senior health officials said that these countries will be part of the rule under which 2% passengers will be randomly tested, no written clarification was issued by the ministry till late Saturday. Read more. |
 |
| A LITTLE LIGHT READING Cracking an ancient code: A Wknd interview with Sanskrit scholar Rishi Rajpopat The weeks leading up to Rishi Rajpopat’s grand linguistic discovery weren’t what one would expect. He spent days lounging on the banks of the River Cam, gazing at the Bridge of Sighs; went on late-night cycle rides through the streets of Cambridge; swam a lot; spent time in libraries with spectacular views. It was a warm, sunlit month. Read more. |
| THE WEEKEND FIX All you need is laugh: Meet some of 2022’s top viral video-content creators At the end of a tough year, one in which we limped back into a new normal, here’s a tip of the hat to the video-content creators who brought us the most joy: a hysterical Parsi trying to learn Marathi, a Gen-Z-er wanting to live-stream her kidnapping, a Mangaluru girl in a battle of the tongues. Meet our Top 5. Read more. |
| LIFE HACK To move forward, try going off-track There is no other way to say this: a lifestyle I had embraced some years ago was off the mark. As we head into a new year, this is as good a time as any to acknowledge that. The Quantified Self movement is deservedly dead. And with it, I have laid to rest my efforts to track my heart rate, body temperature, lung capacity, hours slept, calories consumed, screen time, mood changes, gait, water intake and who knows what else. Read more. |
Please share your feedback with us What do you think about this newsletter? |
| |
