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 ...

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

Most regular international flyers usually use an airport service. These services can be costly but they take much of the pain out of the airport experience. In India large international airports will ...

A short time later Nisaba opened to the public and duly became the city’s hottest restaurant and hardest reservation. I was relieved to have been vindicated and happy for Manish. But I did not go back ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The first time I had an authentic Peking Duck in India was at the Great Wall restaurant at the Leela Palace in Mumbai twenty years ago. I was having lunch with Captain CP Krishnan Nair, the Leela ...

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 ...

So there will be a Dalai Lama even after the incumbent dies. Ending years of speculation the Dalai Lama announced this week that heeding appeals from millions of Tibetans he has come around to the ...

I wrote last weekend about how Punjabi food — not the kind Punjabis eat at home but the restaurant version—remained the top choice for Indians who ate out. A tweet about the article featured a photo ...

In old Hollywood epic movies, Roman Emperors would make their slaves fight lions in the Colosseum. The battles were one-sided by definition. No slave could kill a lion with his bare hands. As the lion ...