World Biryani Day 2025 celebrated on July 7th, globally adored dish that brings people together, was introduced by Daawat, on the first Sunday of July 2022. Delicious Biryani is a mixed rice dish originating in South Asia, traditionally made with rice, meat ( Chicken or goat,, Lamb, Beef) or seafood (Prawns, lobsters or fish), spices, complex blend of flavours and aromas. One Legend has it that the Turk-Mongol conqueror, Timur brought the precursor to the biryani to India in 1398 – earthen pots full of rice, spices and available meats would be buried in a hot pit, before being dug … Continue reading World Biryani Day 2025

Powerful swooning by teenage girls: from Byron to Beatlemania to Frank Sinatra in the 1940s to Harry Styles in the 2020s, many of the biggest male stars in the world built their early careers on their romantic appeal to young women. The lovestruck teenager gazing at pictures of her idol in magazines or screaming in hordes at a concert is a stock character in the textbooks of fame. When 31-year-old Rudolph Valentino collapsed with appendicitis in 1926, he incited a “gothic carnival of heartbreak”. The New York Hospital experienced a surge of phone calls up to 32 calls a minute … Continue reading Female lust

Men’s International Test Match Series – 2nd Test – Day  3 of 5 at Edgbaston, Birmingham India 1st Innings, 587 ao off 151ov  Jaiswal 87 off 107, 13 fours, Gill 269 off 387, 30 fours, 3 sixes, Jadeja 89 off 137, 10 fours, 1 six, Washington 42 off 103, 3 fours, 1 six, Bashir 3-167, Tongue 2-119, Woakes 2-111, Carse 1-83, Root 1-20. England 1st Innings, 407 ao off 89.3 ov, Crawley 19 off 30, 3 fours, Root 22 off 46, 2 fours, Brook 158 off 234, 17 fours, 1 six, Smith 184 no off 207, 21 fours, 4 sixes, Deep 4-88, Siraj 6-70. India … Continue reading Smith 184 no and Brook 158 fightback

Men’s International Test Match Series – 2nd Test – Day  2 of 5 India 1st Innings, 587 ao off 151ov  Jaiswal 87 off 107, 13 fours, Gill 269 off 387, 30 fours, 3 sixes, Jadeja 89 off 137, 10 fours, 1 six, Washington 42 off 103, 3 fours, 1 six, Bashir 3-167, Tongue 2-119, Woakes 2-111, Carse 1-83, Root 1-20. England 1st Innings, 77-3 off 20 ov, Crawley 19 off 30, 3 fours, Root 18 off 37, 1 four, Brook 30 off 53, 4 fours, 1 six, Deep 2-36, Siraj 1-21. Shubman Gill’s 269 for India helped them to amass 587 ao in the second … Continue reading Gill’s flawless mammoth 269

Late September in 2001, and the walls of New York are papered over with photos of the missing. Cora Brady’s father is there, the poster she made taped to columns and bridges. Her mother died a long ago and now, orphaned on the cusp of childhood, Cora is adrift and alone. Soon, a letter arrive with the offer of a new life: far out on the ragged edge of Ireland, in the town where her parents were young, an estranged aunt can provide a home and fulfil a long-forgotten promise. There the story of Cora’s family is hidden, and in … Continue reading Love, tragedy, mystery and redemption