Sudeshna Banerjee

Lahu Ughade, mountaineer and winner of Naked and Afraid: Aadimanav on Discovery Channel, tries to light a fire in the jungle Lahu Ugade, 37, was the winner of the first Indian edition of Discovery’s international reality-format show, Naked and Afraid: Aadimanav, having outlasted his fellow contestants in one of the toughest survival challenges on Indian television. A t2 chat. Tell us a little about yourself. You have climbed Mt. Everest, right?

While the world seeks new ways to reduce its carbon footprint, an Icelandic company has pioneered a breakthrough technology that literally turns carbon dioxide into stone. Benedikt Höskuldsson, ambassador of Iceland, shed light on this innovation during a recent address at the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

"A dessert without wine is like a day without sunshine.” With that playful twist on a line commonly attributed to Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, the author of Physiologie du Goût (1825), Olivier Thiénot, a distinguished French wine educator and sommelier, opened a wine-pairing session at Flurys. The guests, invited by Alliance Française du Bengale, had gathered for an unusual gastronomic experience — pairing wine not with cheese or meat, but with desserts.