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Sheep breeding and making of Deccan mutton economy

In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, mutton was an important source of protein in the Indian diet, but the production was low, and the quality of mutton was not good. (HT)
pune news
Published on Apr 16, 2026 03:52 am IST

Taste of Life: Chocolates, candies and forever love

Access to chocolate was once a marker of elite power, closely linked to masculinity and physical strength, and before the Industrial Revolution, it remained the preserve of the wealthy alone. (HT)
pune news
Published on Feb 12, 2026 05:18 am IST

Echoes of Twelfth Night in colonial Poona

There was an excitement in the air and a large English crowd, as expected to attend the Holy Communion in the morning, which was to be followed by readings about the visit of the Magi. Epiphany hymns were being practised, and later, lunch was to be served. (HT)
pune news
Updated on Jan 08, 2026 01:22 pm IST

The curious history of pigeons in colonial India

The curious history of pigeons in colonial India
pune news
Published on Aug 21, 2025 07:28 am IST

Taste of Life: Poona’s monsoon: Season of damp, mildew, and sociability

Lady Falkland (SOURCED: WIKIMEDIA)
pune news
Published on Jun 12, 2025 10:20 am IST

A tale of American philanthropy efforts in Colonial India 

The earnest appeals of the Indian missionaries, early in the spring of 1897, moved George Lambert, an American Mennonite missionary and compelled him to establish the organization “Home and Foreign Relief Commission” (HT PHOTO)
pune news
Published on Feb 27, 2025 07:28 am IST

Taste of Life: Gandhian who used charity rituals to feed kids, ignite patriotism

Lakshmibai Thuse mobilised ‘Vanarsena’ and ‘Manjarsena’ along with women to participate in social and political activities in the 1930s. (SOURCED)
pune news
Updated on Aug 15, 2024 07:20 am IST

Taste of Life: Forging close bonds through food

A popular “honeymoon cake” was the Eccles cake. It was a small, round pie filled with currants and made from flaky pastry with butter, sometimes topped with sugar. (WIKIEMEDIA PHOTO)
pune news
Updated on Jul 11, 2024 08:20 am IST

Taste of Life: Watermelon, most prized fruit gifted to & by Europeans in India

Watermelons were grown during the hot months in the sandy beds of the Mula and the Mutha rivers; the plants were put down at the end of February and would be ripe in April and May. (REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)
pune news
Updated on May 30, 2024 08:02 am IST

Taste of Life: How Alphonso mango became an indicator of wealth & influence in 20th century

Indians, rich and poor, loved mangoes. But the newly formed educated middle-class in Poona was quick to abandon the local varieties and soon learned to love the Alphonso. (REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)
pune news
Updated on May 23, 2024 07:52 am IST

Taste of Life: When ice was transported to Poona from Bombay in bullock carts

Landing ice at Bombay. (The Church Missionary Gleaner, Nov 1889)
pune news
Updated on May 09, 2024 05:26 pm IST

Taste of Life: When chicken and beef essence, and beef tea was ‘too healthy’ to be consumed for enjoyment during rail travel

Surgeon-Captain WH Burke urged Indian Medical Service in the Bombay, Madras, and Bengal presidencies to request railway companies in India to set up more refreshment rooms at stations as luncheon basket containing beef tea and chicken essence was not recommended for healthy passengers. (AP (PIC FOR REPRESENTATION))
pune news
Updated on Nov 30, 2023 06:20 am IST

Taste of Life: When leaders in Poona agreed to disagree on cannabis laws

The drugs retailed in Bombay and Poona were ‘ganja’, ‘bhang’, ‘charas’, ‘majum’, ‘yakuti’, ‘shrikhand’, ‘penda’, and ‘bojah’. (SOURCED)
pune news
Updated on Sept 07, 2023 01:27 am IST

Taste of Life: American cottonseed oil makers faced opposition from “Swadeshi” promoters

Merchants in Bombay and Poona who introduced cottonseed oil as a substitute for ghee reported a failure because of conservative attitude of the masses against any innovations, particularly in the line of foods. (SOURCED)
pune news
Updated on Jun 22, 2023 12:34 am IST

Taste of Life: When Poona’s favourite drink was pomegranate juice

Pomegranates from Kabul had become popular in cities like Bombay and Poona (REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE)
pune news
Updated on May 18, 2023 12:34 am IST

Taste of Life: When lemonade and ‘John Collins’ stirred up spirits of European soldiers

The craze for aerated water and lemonade made a few Indians sell the beverages in the bazaars. In 1883, Sadar Bazaar had nine soda water and lemonade sellers. (REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)
pune news
Updated on Apr 20, 2023 04:34 pm IST

Kasturba, on her own terms

Kasturba Gandhi, 1915. Courtesy National Gandhi Museum.
india news
Updated on Oct 01, 2021 01:00 am IST

Review: Oh! Those Parsis by Berjis Desai

A Parsi couple prays to the guardians of the fire temple at Tardeo in Mumbai on Navroz in 2015.
books
Updated on Sept 07, 2019 12:39 pm IST

HT Picks: The most interesting books of the week

This week’s reads include a novel about home and love and history, a satire set in an Indian university in a town known as the Oxford of the East, and a book on the Chennai floods.
books
Updated on Mar 12, 2020 08:44 pm IST

Mahatma Jyotirao Phule: Reformer far ahead of his time

education
Updated on Jun 27, 2019 07:06 pm IST

Pune-based Abhimanyu Sable talks about his journey as an entrepreneur

Abhimanyu Sable started working as a fitness trainer at Hotel Sagar Plaza with a starting salary of ₹800 in 1991.
pune news
Updated on Jan 27, 2019 03:06 pm IST

Driving from the rough...‘risky’ Karthik Sharma conquers Poona golf course

Karthik Sharma winner, amateur golf championship, 2018.
pune news
Updated on Nov 26, 2018 04:36 pm IST

Machete-wielding ‘student’ demands admission to Pune college, threatens principal

Anwar Shaikh, principal of Anjuman- E -Khairul Islam’s Poona college of arts, commerce and science, shows the glass that the criminal broke while threatening him.
pune news
Updated on Aug 11, 2018 06:38 pm IST

Ganj peth ‘Puneris’ put their lives on show

Residents of Ganj peth that took part in the exhibition, showcasing their unique lifestyle and culture.
pune news
Updated on Apr 26, 2018 04:34 pm IST

‘Youth must choose a definite way of life,’ says Bishop of Poona

Thomas Dabre, Bishop of Poona.
pune news
Updated on Mar 31, 2018 09:55 pm IST
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