The second largest selling branded medication in India is already Mounjaro, the rival to the better known Ozempic; both of ...

And finally: it’s good to see a cookbook that recognises the importance of restaurant dishes but is focused on the best Indian dishes; the ones we eat at home every day.

And so travel for me now is a foodie adventure. Nearly everywhere I go, I try and eat the local food, even in places where I don’t speak the local language and nobody speaks a word of English.

Either Dubai changed (which it has) or I have (more likely) or a combination of both. My wife, whose views on Dubai used to ...

But this achievement has been balanced out by a spectacular growth in corruption among babus and cops. The Inspector Raj is not only alive and well, it is one of India’s fastest growing industries ...

If there was a Nobel Prize for boot licking then Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif would win it hands down. At a gathering in Sharm el Sheikh organised by US President Donald Trump to mark the ...

Just in case you had any doubts, you can stop wondering. Casteism and ugly prejudice against those regarded as being low down in the caste pyramid are alive and well. The prejudices are flourishing at ...

Do you know where the kulcha originated? If the answer is no, then relax. Nobody really does. All the usual suspects have often been cited. The kulcha may be named after a Persian biscuit which has a ...

Each time I post a picture of the idlis I enjoy for breakfast I get bemused responses from many North Indians who cannot figure out why anyone would like idlis so much. In Anderson’s case, his ...

Heston Blumenthal is probably the most influential chef in the world to still run a restaurant. The only other chef who could be mentioned in the same sentence, Ferran Adria gave up on El Bulli, the ...

Among them were some Indian hotels. As the idea behind the keys is to recognise excellence at all price points there were some surprises but there was also widespread agreement over the two hotels ...