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☆ Six Hours to Cook and $100 to Shop: Watch 3 NYT Food Writers Make Thanksgiving
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Cc Allen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +42 min

‘Your dinner must be enough to feed four people.’” “’You can cook as many dishes as you’d like, but it must include a main dish and a dessert.’” “All right, cool.” “I love Thanksgiving.” “I love Thanksgiving.” “Thanksgiving is a colonialist holiday that celebrates a genocide. Minus 3.” “Oh, oh, tamarind. O.K., O.K., O.K.” “Where’s the butter? So what I’m going to do is I’m actually going to start the butter and then put the chocolate in. Souffle vibes, O.K., I’m going to do the cranberries now.” [BACKGROUND CHATTER] “Hi.” “Hi camera.” “I’m doing like a layer.

Persons: “ I’ve, It’s, “, ”, Darwin, Benjamin Franklin, He’s, Vaughn, ’, Eric, Priya, here’s, Norman Rockwell, Bhai, ” “, “ I’m, I’m, ” “ I’ve, I’ve, “ Daikon, that’d, Curry, you’ve, it’s, That’s, Turkey drumsticks, I’ll, madame, that’s, Christopher Nolan, Granny Smith, Honey Crisp, Ginger Gold, we’re, Rachael Ray, Boondi, Seth, We’ve, Olivia Rodrigo, ” “ What’s, doesn’t, you’re, matar, ” “ Eric, We’re, cilantro, ain’t, Rice, It’ll, Jennifer Coolidge, Owen Wilson, “ Owen Wilson, Vaughn Vreeland, we’ve, ” “ Aw, You’re, — ” Organizations: aha, Fuji, showtime, Brussels prepped, Mmm, cranberries Locations: Wegmans, Turkey, O.K, cassoulet, Brussels, ”, Here’s

☆ Mohammed Shami: Once the subject of online abuse, Indian bowler is celebrated ahead of Cricket World Cup final
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —An Indian bowler previously attacked on social media for his Muslim faith has emerged as a hero of the national team as it prepares to take on Australia in the Cricket World Cup final on Sunday. Fast bowler Mohammed Shami took seven wickets in Wednesday’s semifinal against New Zealand – the biggest haul in the tournament’s history – cementing his status as a standout of this World Cup. In 2021, the player received a torrent of online hate after India lost to Pakistan during the Twenty20 World Cup. “Remember how Mohammed Shami was targeted two years ago after loss to Pakistan. On his social media, Acharya wrote: “Trolled in the past, Mohammed Shami is now showered with love!”

Persons: Mohammed Shami, team’s, Shami, ”, Narendra Modi, reverberated, –, Virat Kohli, ” Kohli, Modi, Manu Sebastian, Satish Satish Acharya, Acharya, “ Organizations: CNN, Cricket, New Zealand, Twitter, Times, “, Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, Narendra Locations: Australia, Times of India, India, Pakistan, Gujarat

☆ Diwali, the Festival of Lights, explained
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Manav Tanneeru | Harmeet Kaur | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —More than a billion Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists around the world are celebrating Diwali, the festival of lights. Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty Images• Choti Diwali, or Naraka Chaturdashi: The second day of Diwali marks Lord Krishna’s defeat of the demon king Narakasura. • Diwali, or Lakshmi Puja: The third day of the festival is what people typically think of as Diwali. For some Hindus, Diwali marks Rama and Sita’s triumphant return to their kingdom after 14 years of exile. For Jains, Diwali signifies the day Lord Mahavira, their last spiritual leader, attained physical death and achieved enlightenment.

Persons: It’s, Rafiq Maqbool, Lakshmi, Dhanvantari, Ayurveda, Narinder Nanu, Krishna’s, Narakasura, •, Krishna, Lord Indra’s, • Bhai Dooj, Lord Yama, tilak, Prince Rama, Vishnu, Sita, Ravana, Rama, Sita’s, Xavier Galiana, Lord Krishna’s, Bali, Bandi, Hargobind, Emperor Jahangir, Jahangir, Guru Hargobind, Mahavira, Emperor Ashoka, Manjunath Kiran, patti, Shiva, Parvati Organizations: CNN, Getty, Lord Locations: India, Nepal, Malaysia, Fiji, Homes, Mumbai, AFP, Vrindavan, Bangalore

☆ Friends and family mourn lives lost in India bridge disaster
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Rescue boats search the Machchu river where the pedestrian bridge collapsed on Sunday. Friends have lost friends and parents have lost children. By the time rescuers pulled Naseema to safety, the river had consumed every other family member who had been on the bridge that evening. He said that like many others, his daughter and son were excited to visit the bridge and watch the sunset. Crestfallen and anxious, he rushed to a nearby hospital where he saw his two children lying dead on stretchers.

☆ Flags at half-mast as India's Gujarat mourns deadly bridge collapse
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Shivam Patel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] A man sits at the site of a damaged suspension bridge after it collapsed on Sunday, in Morbi town in the western state of Gujarat, India, November 1, 2022. Rescue workers would continue their search for any unaccounted persons for a fourth day, a government control room said, though local officials said on Tuesday that only one person was believed to be missing still. Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has appealed to people in his state to pray for the departed souls and their families. A senior police official told Reuters this week that about 200 people were on the bridge when it collapsed. Local municipality officials said tickets for about 400 people had been sold, although not necessarily to be on the bridge at the same time.

☆ India's first fully solar village lights up the lives of poor residents
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Sunil Kataria | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] Solar panels are installed on the rooftops of residential houses in Modhera, India's first round-the-clock solar-powered village, in the western state of Gujarat, India, October 19, 2022. Now, however, his machine moves on solar power as earlier this month Prajapati's village of around 6,500 residents, consisting mainly of potters, tailors, farmers and shoemakers, was declared India's first village to run entirely on solar energy all the time. The government buys excess energy produced here from residents if they do not use all of the capacity allotted to the households. For Reena Ben, 36, a housewife, who also works as a tailor part time, the solar power has hugely aided her work. "When we got access to solar power, I bought an electric motor worth 2,000 rupees ($24) to attach to the sewing machine.

☆ Guards on India bridge struggled to control crowd before collapse, witnesses say
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Shivam Patel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Local officials said about 400 tickets had been sold, although not necessarily to be on the bridge at the same time. "Then the bridge collapsed in front of our eyes," the 32-year-old construction worker said. The witnesses did not know whether the security guards had survived. Those arrested included ticketing clerks and three security guards who were on duty when the bridge collapsed, senior police official Ashok Kumar Yadav said. Reuters could not confirm whether the two guards who witnesses reported seeing at the bridge were among the three arrested.

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