Nothing came of it because every government always wants its own stooges in Raj Bhavan. "If the Election Commission can get away with this kind of match tampering this time then what happens when it ...

And Instagram has changed many of the old rules. Restaurant discovery has become more and more dependent on Instagram; that’s where people first learn about restaurants. You don’t need to advertise ...

Never in the many decades since it was invented has jhal moori been as famous as it is today. Those of us who know Kolkata well (essentially people who have lived or worked there) have long been ...

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 ...

A friend of mine who used to work at one of Delhi’s oldest five star hotels (opened in the late 1970s) told me this story. It dates, I imagine, to the late 1980s. My friend worked on the F&B side of ...

What you are seeing dear reader is the second version of this week’s Rude Food. I have been meaning to write about chocolate for many months now. But things took an unexpected turn along the way and I ...

The most famous example is biryani which moved away from the fancy Persian pulao tradition to create a moister, spicier dish that could be made easily in large containers. Biryani became the food of ...

I wrote, a couple of weeks ago, about the enduring charms of the Maldives. My purpose was to suggest holiday destinations that were unaffected by the hostilities in the Middle East and were near India ...

You may have seen the video because it has now gone viral on social media. An angry woman walks up to Maharashtra’s Water Resources Minister and shouts at him about the delays caused by a ...

What is the worst part of international travel? Most people will tell you that it is the flight. And yes, Economy Class flights can be uncomfortable and exhausting especially on long haul sectors. For ...