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Twenty years later, Boom Shack-A-Lak is still doing the rounds after being re-jigged to include animated beat-boxing ‘happy meals’ in a McDonald’s commercial that hit European markets in 2010. The track has been used in over 70 advertisements and seven Hollywood films. Apache Indian released his latest album It Is …

Justin DiCioccio used to be the official White House drummer. Yolande D'Mello speaks to him about his new music school in Mumbai that's fast becoming his second home. The True School of Music (TSM), an institution that introduces students to the aesthetics of Western contemporary music opened in Mumbai two …

Sales are dropping but loyalists are still raising their glasses to the iconic brand. Yolande D'Mello finds out what makes this dark rum a favourite in our rum-loving nation. Here's a question for you: name an Indian brand of rum. We can bet that nine out of ten answers would …

You think stories in newspapers are depressing and the front page dosen't give you a reason to smile? Yolande D'Mello meets the funny bunch who spell out why humour is less likely to return to mainstream press anytime soon Political cartoonist with the Indian Express EP Unny vividly recalls a …

Curious foreigners are digging through records of the East India Company to trace what their forefathers did in India during the Raj, finds Yolande D'Mello. One winter evening in Bordeaux, France, the cold didn’t allow retired entrepreneur Michael Pearce to pursue his usual hobbies of gardening and camping, so he …

When a film student began a project on Female Genital Mutilation, she was warned against it. Then she won a national award. Yolande D'Mello speaks to the director. It started out as a college project that Priya Goswami, an alumna of National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, worked on in her …

'Goodbye my beasts,' says Sujit Dilip, who owned elephants, lions, bears and a circus, will soon have nothing because the modern world has become 'kinder' to animals. Once upon a time, there lived a man they loved to call the Indian Prince. Damodar Gangaram Dhotre aka Damoo was brave and …

Following the split of Irish pop group Westlife, singer Shane Filan is trying to kick start his solo career. Is there life beyond the boy band, asks Yolande D'Mello. When former Westlife member Shane Filan sat on the plush sofas of Hard Rock Café in Mumbai, he found himself surrounded …

The Pawars are among the 84 families in Vanicha Pada, an adivasi village in unit 5 of Aarey Milk Colony in Goregaon (E), whose homes have never seen power supply. It’s a just a little past 6pm, but a village less than a 30-minute drive away from the Mumbai international …

Ozone Signature range is the natural/organic skin care range made in small batches with homely grown herbs October 28: With a young, technology-enabled and user-oriented outlook, Sanchi Sehgal founded Ozone Signature- a skincare brand with a research and development, ‘formulation first’ approach to treat skin and hair concerns. She says …

Ozone Signature range is the natural/organic skin care range made in small batches with homely grown herbs October 28: With a young, technology-enabled and user-oriented outlook, Sanchi Sehgal founded Ozone Signature- a skincare brand with a research and development, ‘formulation first’ approach to treat skin and hair concerns. She says …

It was midnight. The earth was white, and the skies, amber. In came waddling a “tuxedo gang” to check out what the newcomers in polar parkas were doing with gauges and funnels on the fast ice. These curious penguins were the the first picture Dr Priyankar Kumar Datta clicked. Datta, …

Following the brutal rape and murder of a young physiotherapy student in Delhi in December 2012, six fast-track courts were set up in Delhi to try cases pertaining to sexual offences.

Simi Kuriakose meets hospitality veteran and restaurateur AD Singh for a chat

Bokwa instructor Manasi Dixit talks to us about this fitness fad that the health-obsessed around the world have taken an interest in

We take a look at Memento Mori, an exhibition at Tarq Art Gallery, Colaba, that deciphers the ephemeral nature of memories

dna interviews designers Sabah Sheikh and Janki Desai on how they set out to conceptualise what’s now a one-of-a-kind luxury vintage wedding company

dna takes a look 1900s Bombay Vintage Photographs, an exhibit of 75 pictures at Dinodia Photo Gallery, which portray the city before it became Mumbai

During Ramadan, Tawakkal Sweets in Bohri Mohalla dishes up phirni and malpua outside the shop, but step inside. A row of shallow dishes in various colours will catch your eye. You'll find fruit malai (cream), ranging from pista and strawberry to mango and blueberry.

dna westcoast speaks to Adnan Sarkar, owner of Dr. Bubbles — Chai Specialist on how his new brew could add to the city's chai-time menu

Come Ramzan and the aroma of delicacies such as malpua, kheema samosa, firni and and the likes wafts in the air. While nothing beats an iftar daawat at a friend or neighbour’s home, the options this city has are many. From Mohammed Ali Road to Bohri Mohallah, and the khao …

dna ferrets around Mumbai only to list down the best pet grooming salons in the city

Hamilton Studio at Ballard Estate will place you in a frame of the 'Bombay' that was. In a candid chat with Ajita Madhavji about the studio, then and now

dna joins the universal dessert-loving gang to recee -301°F, Bandra's latest ice cream parlour that creates their treats on-the-spot

These alternate spaces provide a platform for theatre, films, art shows and music gigs and meet the demand for intellectual and creative stimulation

SoBo's latest zen-zone - We take a look at Colaba’s almost two-week-old The Yoga House and also speak to Lamya Arsiwala about the art of yoga, among other things

dna takes a look at the Laadli's 10 year celebratory event, and also converses with Dr. A.L. Sharada about the achievements of this organisation

… it’s time you questioned your partner the same and get him or her to try Kizomba—an Angolan dance form, which has debuted in the city