KOCHI: Kallu shap — the very uttering of the word invokes memories of much revelry, great spicy food, unbridled conversations, and of course, that sweet fermented drink by which the shop takes its ...

The Finance and Mass Media Ministry today said obtaining a license for toddy tapping for coconut and palmyrah trees has been made mandatory once again. However, toddy tapping from the Kithul tree has ...

Rockland is Sri Lanka’s first commercial distillery, established in 1924. It was first commissioned under the British government to manufacture high quality coconut arrack in Ceylon, which remains a ...

Shweta Gaonkar trains workers in toddy-tapping and teaches farmers how to use a climbing machine.(Photographs courtesy Shweta Gaonkar) When I reach the crown of the coconut tree, it makes me very ...

Telangana's toddy tapping tradition faces collapse due to a sharp decline in licensed tappers, leading to a rise in adulterated toddy and public health risks. The younger generation is abandoning the ...

Toddy tapping from coconut and palmyrah trees has been brought under license with amendments proposed to Section 15 of the Excise Ordinance (Chapter 52) by the Ministry of Finance and Mass Media.

KRISHNAGIRI: The state government should remove toddy from The Tamil Nadu Prohibition Act, urged S Nallasamy, field coordinator of the Tamil Nadu Toddy Movement. "Only in Tamil Nadu toddy tapping has ...

One of the most alluring recipe openings I know is given in Katy Dalal’s Jamva Chaloji 2, her collection of lesser-known Parsi recipes, many of which are drawn from villages in Gujarat. The recipe for ...

Authors visit to talk to aspiring writers; communities develop, share their work with each other and benefit from collaborations and feedback. PREMIUM At an edition of the Alekhya Retreat in Himachal ...