September, 2015

• 15 September

  HERO

  

  I can’t find peace in the surroundings When there is no room left for my mind To go beyond the limits of material excesses And float free in the cosmos of the divine How can we measure a man’s worth If he can’t be a hero without a cape How …
• 15 September

  The ‘F’ Word… Fear

  

  Of Loss… They said it’s an awful habit; an addiction. They said it’s wrong. And yet, as he stared down at the little stick burning between his fingers, he recognized its beauty. Such beauty. He took a puff, feeling the smoke swirl in his mouth, his lungs, and devoted all …
• 12 September

  First tasting of THC Labs’ 5 layered biryani

  

  ‘Food Week’ was our first attempt at an alternate exploration of food and all we can say that we are still in the process of assembling ingredients for the flavourful biryani that we will be serving in the future. Eating is the most fundamental method in which we convert matter …
• 12 September

  Food Week Recap: A Guide to Food and Related Ideas

  

  If there is one thing I have to stand by, with absolute certainty, it has to be that knowledge and our hunger for ever more knowledge runs us, it alone propels us to do all that we do. At The Holy Connection Labs, we are meeting this ideal head on. …
• 11 September

  Why saying ‘grace’ before eating is not a bad idea?

  

  The norm of praying before meals is wide spread across various religions all over the world. In Christianity, the grace prayers before meals demonstrate gratefulness towards God for the food that has been provided (by Him). In Islam, an acknowledgement in the form of a prayer is said before meals: …
• 11 September

  6 scary facts you didn’t know about your brain on food

  

  You think you know your brain? And you think you know the food you eat? And you think you know how your brain combined with your food can trick you and scare you? Well, think again. But read on for now,  if you are curious about these two things that …
• 10 September

  The art of cuisine: Hand or no-hands, that is the question

  

  If you walk through an eatery in India, you will definitely feel a bit out of place if you despise a “hands-on” approach to cooking and eating. The tradition of eating with your bare hands is one that has been heralded in Indian cuisine for quite a while. Most of …
• 10 September

  Foodopreneur 2: The story of Cold Play Juices and Frootle

  

  Here’s the story of another food entrepreneur who took control of his life and chose to grab opportunity to by its horns. Dhaval Panchal, one of the founders of ‘Frootle’ and ‘Cold Play Juices’ tells about his experience as he moved from a job of selling electronics to starting one …
• 9 September

  Delhicious: A definitive guide to Delhi food

  

  As Delhi offers a smorgasbord of eating options, we felt we could not do justice by confining it to ‘Under Rs.100’ theme. Instead, we have come up with a theme based exploration of Delhi’s edible caboodle (based on suggestions from ‘Doc’ Aditya Singh and Jitesh ‘Jandy’ Anand). Themes Classification: 1. …
• 9 September

  Does music affect the taste of food?

  

    “If you pour some music on whatever’s wrong, it’ll sure help out”– Levon Helm Music and food are connected to each since olden times. The relationship between music and food is a subtle one, involving a coalescence of all our senses and emotions. In both Western and non-Western cultures, …