It’s been a good election season for Narendra Modi. Nobody can dismiss the BJP as a cow belt party after two stunning victories in Assam and West Bengal. Of the two, Bengal is the one that really ...

I reckon that the beauty of chocolate is that we don’t have to choose. Unlike say, wine where the cheap stuff can be foul, ...

That’s democracy in action! Or how the rulers perceive it. But why were the citizens of Mumbai being made to pay for the ...

The most famous example is biryani which moved away from the fancy Persian pulao tradition to create a moister, spicier dish ...

They were right, of course. The Maldives has been very expensive for a long time but it may now be unaffordable because of the plummeting rupee. In fact many, if not most, foreign destinations now ...

If you have been following the furore over the price of tomatoes, you will note that reporters and political analysts often refer to tomatoes as a basic staple of Indian cooking and the food of the ...

As we all know, Chinese food outside of China can be very un-Chinese. What most of the world thinks of as Chinese food was actually invented in America in the early part of the 20th century when poor ...

What do you suppose is India’s favourite bottled sauce? If you answered ‘tomato ketchup’ you would probably be right. But despite the current sauce boom and the growing popularity of mayonnaise, I ...

It is a maxim that should be a cliché by now. But given the current Indian reality, it is worth repeating again and again: “The true test of a principle is when you apply it to somebody or something ...

What do these three culinary terms often used in India but derived from the names of Western dishes have in common: chop, cutlet and patty? If you said they were the names of popular dishes, you would ...

Something strange happens to Indians when you talk about the conflict between Iran and the United States. No matter what points you may make about the unipolar global order most educated Indians are ...

The story of the ongoing wrestlers’ protest is one of dull predictability and political surprise. The manner in which the Centre has reacted to the allegations of sexual harassment against Wrestling ...