My first culinary encounter with sembal dodde – which is what the buds of Bombax ceiba, or silk cotton tree, are called in Khadi Boli spoken in Saharanpur – was one of wonder. It is not so ...

DEHRADUN: In a groundbreaking move to enhance avian habitats, the research wing of Uttarakhand’s forest department is ...

is to be witnessed in late February and March. The one of jungle dominance is the Semul (silk cotton tree) that stands like a red tower with its cup-full blooms of waning vermillion or Valentine red.

The Silk Cotton Tree, where a runaway enslaved man named Cudjoe was beheaded and hanged to deter others from fleeing, is where the lighting of the flame ceremony takes place annually to mark the ...

Yozakura Cherry Blossom Festival: 7-11 p.m. March 22-April 5. View 12 illuminated mature cherry trees during peak blooming ...

The Irish designer turned Loewe into fashion’s most coveted brand by radically reinterpreting classic garments. Now he seems ...

This was because of the material: mulberry silk, which derives its name from the silkworm’s diet of mulberry-tree leaves ... frizzy than when I snooze on a cotton pillowcase, and this one ...

Various versions of the Baba Marta story exist in European folklore. One version suggests that on this day, the grumpy ...