“A truly great idli is a cloud, a whisper, a perfect dream of the perfectibility of human civilisation. It's a sublime ...

All the usual suspects have often been cited. The kulcha may be named after a Persian biscuit which has a similar name. It could have been brought to India from Central Asia by the Mughals. Or it may ...

Almost every single thing that Blumenthal has done has become a trend. So is his focus on mindful eating going to spell the ...

Sometimes you can go weeks without encountering a good chef or a memorable meal. And sometimes, you can meet two unusual and gifted chefs within hours on the same day. Last week, in Mumbai, I met two ...

Wherever you find rice, you will usually also find a sausage and rice dish. In the Far East, where rice is the staple, it is common to fry it with slices of slightly sweet Chinese sausage. In North ...

Mukesh Ambani has always said that Reliance only gets into a business if it believes it can change the face of that industry. The Chairman of Tatas, N Chandrasekaran, is more circumspect but in ...

What is the best kind of holiday? It is a good question. But it is also one that is impossible to answer. Firstly, not everyone is the same: All of us have different needs and desires. And secondly, ...

And indeed, Newsweek, has already run an article explaining why “some people from Ireland, India are celebrating the Queen’s death.” In fact, the celebrations that Newsweek seems to have uncovered are ...

There are, wrote F Scott Fitzgerald, no second acts in American lives. I was reminded of this and about how it clearly did not apply to Indian lives when I had lunch last week with Ranjit Mathrani at ...

The most famous of course, concerns the architect. According to legend, the Taj was designed by a Frenchman who sent the Tatas his architectural plans and was pleased to hear that they had been ...

How do you respond when people say that there is no room for dissenting ideas in Indian politics? That mainstream television media is so cravenly sold out to the ruling establishment, and social media ...