Last year shoppers looking to buy rice faced empty shelves. Rice is now available, but prices remain high: in March the cost ...

Nowruz is celebrated at the exact moment of the spring equinox when the sun crosses the celestial equator. In 2025, this occurs on Thursday, March 20, at 12:31:30pm Iran Standard Time (9:01:30 GMT).

The late political scientist enjoined readers to look for opposition to authoritarian states not in revolutionary vanguards ...

Well, food like this, which is regularly eaten by many people ... eats rice as the staple food, especially in Asia. But rice is a very ‘thirsty’ crop which needs lots of water to grow ...

Every March, 300 million people from across the world, most notably the people of Iran and Central Asian countries celebrate Nowruz, which marks the arrival of spring and the New Year.

Our in-the-know culinary travel guide to the best things to eat in Malaysia's capital city—plus recipes for making many ...

People in the Balkans, the Black Sea basin, the Caucasus, Central Asia and the Middle East have ... Many people also start growing sabzeh (wheatgrass or lentil sprouts) in a dish at least 20 ...

In India, these waterways are more than just sources of sustenance—they are sacred, storied, and deeply interwoven with the ...