They are also the friendliest and are not afraid to share space with humans

Expo will focus on various aspects of horticulture including water management and greenscaping

A slow but steadily growing interest in organic food is making more Hyderabadis have their own kitchen garden

As spring begins, it’s time to start sowing vegetables that you can harvest in summer

Indukanth Ragade gives you the know-how for this simple, time-tested way of recycling greywater

Jaswant Singh’s garden in Mogappair is a live textbook for plant lovers. Hema Vijay meets the expert

Importance of sand extraction regulation for reducing construction cost.

More people are now raising organic kitchen gardens with resources and guidance available even online

Much of horticulturist J.H. Krumbiegel’s early green nurturing in his native Germany helped him replicate his ideas in Mysuru and Bengaluru. H.P. Sumangala, scientist at the Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, shares some unknown facets of his personality from her visit to Germany.

Need to integrate tech, people and processes

Germany’s overtures to India are significant on various counts — geo-politics, technology sharing, immigration and trade talks

Developed countries need to be held to account for climate finance actions. Besides, private finance and its debt burden pose difficulties

Changes in global natural gas trade have reflected geopolitical alignments but these may shift, depending on policies of incoming US President Donald Trump

Kho Gaye Hum Kahan is a light glimpse into healthy young lives ready to soar in their own sweet skin, applauds Sukanya Verma.

Mammootty is towering as the unflinching enigma that prevents Bramayugam from being a middling genre exercise, observes Arjun Menon.

Another season of these legal antics would be welcome, applauds Deepa Gahlot.

Madgaon Express understands its charm lies in its inherent silliness and then works around as pure unadulterated entertainment, which makes it imminently watchable, raves Mayus Sanap.

Vineeth Sreenivasan deserves applause for striving to blend the past with the present and revoking your memories, states Divya Nair.

If you are looking for an average political thriller with good performances, Thalamai Seyalagam may interest you, suggests Divya Nair.

The Kalki Universe might just take off, but it will still owe its gee-whizery to Hollywood movies, observes Deepa Gahlot.

It introduces random characters, goes on several wild goose chases and is incapable of holding onto any thread of the plot, sighs Deepa Gahlot.

Vinay Pathak, Divyenndu Sharma and Kusha Kapila are comfortable enough in their comic skins to play their parts with ease, observes Deepa Gahlot.

Through Manorathangal, M T Vasudevan Nair makes himself available to a whole new generation of uninitiated viewers, who can familiarise themselves with his rich body of work and hope to learn a thing or two about life in all its messy grandeur and flawed imperfections, notes Arjun Menon.

How can a film that has a character declare that secularism is an illness be taken seriously, asks Deepa Gahlot.

Casting Fahadh Faasil does not help as his chameleon-like acting credentials is wasted in a mundane cop archetype that passes through Bougainvillea with little or no impact on how things eventually play out, observes Arjun Menon.

If Singham was a biryani, with all the flavours coming together seamlessly, Singham Again is a desi thaali, full of scrumptious dishes, but a tad in excess, discovers Sonil Dedhia who watched the film in New Zealand.

Singham Again is action heavy, so its appeal is limited to fans of the genre, observes Deepa Gahlot.

The visitor has had a rain-marred campaign and is fourth in standings; the home side is coming off a drubbing against Kerala and languishes in sixth