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Donald Trump is not the first US President to seem to favour Pakistan over India. We forget now that because Pakistan openly ...
He was reprimanded later and Atlantis no longer has those kinds of policies. But my point is that he couldn’t have been ...
Airports: Ninety per cent of the pain of travelling comes from airports not from aircraft.
More crucially, after several former Indian cricketers boycotted the match against Pakistan in the ongoing World Championship of Legends tournament, should we participate in the forthcoming Asia Cup ...
Dhankar saw no need for such restraint. Not only was he vocal about what he regarded as Mamata’s failings, he had no hesitation in travelling around the country to tell people how badly the state was ...
Bukhara, which will begin celebrating its 45th anniversary this weekend, is now the most famous Indian restaurant in the world. Nearly every US President since Bill Clinton has eaten Bukhara’s food.
It helps to know all this to understand the book better because it is intensely personal for the Botturas and the contents reflect their stories and memories. Gilmore writes about decorating the ...
Though we don’t often admit it, most Indians are always a little annoyed by the global tendency to treat our food as a cheap and cheerful ethnic cuisine. That characterisation is probably the legacy ...
For much of its early history, ITC Hotels was no more than India’s also-ran hotel chain. Bombay had the Taj and Delhi had the Oberoi. Both these chains so completely dominated the hospitality business ...
For reasons that are not entirely clear to me, the Indian chef community invites me to every national Chef’s Congress to offer insights into the food scene. They have been kind enough to do this since ...
I am told also that the really exciting developments are happening in the East Asian food sector. There are great Thai restaurants, I am assured; amazing Japanese places and authentic Korean food!
As the Maharashtra political battle plays out, it makes me wonder: what are the dominant features of today’s politics? I would say that they are corruption and the death of ideology. And corruption ...