This Chennai brand offers sugarcane juice infused with betel leaves and sarsaparilla
The Hindu
Fresh Crush currently operates out of a 100-square feet space in Palavakkam, and its founders want it to be a neighbourhood “juice kadai”
Runima Biswas is surrounded by raw mangoes, sugarcane, food thermometers, refractometers, and a gamut of contraptions that she has never really seen before. “It is like an episode of Breaking Bad unfolding in my kitchen,” she laughs, holding up the PH meter she is using to find an optimum level of acidity.
A riot of capes, corsets, and carefully crafted armour took centrestage as Chennai Comic Con wrapped up at the Chennai Trade Centre, with cosplay emerging as the undisputed showstopper. From anime icons and gaming legends to beloved Indian comic characters, over 500 fans transformed the venue into a living, breathing multiverse, showcasing how Chennai’s fandom culture has evolved, placing the city on India’s pop culture map.

The centuries-long quest for synthetic diamonds, also known as lab-grown diamonds or human-made diamonds, came to an end in 1954-55. On February 15, 1955, the creation of the first synthetic diamonds were announced, and it was quickly picked-up by newspapers around the world. A.S.Ganesh tells you more about these diamonds and the man who first made it happen…











