The primary agent of chaos is Indigo, India’s largest airline. Indigo has cancelled over 500 flights. Many, if not most of ...

All Indians are condiment lovers. From pickles to freshly ground chutneys: no Indian meal is complete without condiments. This is in sharp contrast to say, China, where there will often be no ...

Now that the birth anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru is out of the way, it might be worth reflecting on the bitterness, rancour and downright abuse that characterized it during debates in TV studios, on ...

In an effort to douse the controversy that erupted when it was revealed that the Centre had asked cell phone manufacturers to mandatorily install its Sanchar Saathi app, the government is now ...

If you doubt that the Indian food scene at the top level is changing then you should have been in Dubai last week when three of India’s top chefs first cooked an amazing meal and then came together to ...

If you are a non vegetarian, here is a dish that I am sure you have tried at least once even though it is not necessarily a part of Indian cuisine. It is now so ubiquitous that it turns up on many ...

(okay, if not public attitudes then possibly manufactured controversies) have changed over the years. The first has to do with the sad passing of Dharmendra, possibly the nicest human being ever to ...

Do you ever feel that as a middle class Indian you have lost control of your life? That now, more than ever, you are at the mercy of circumstances completely beyond your control? And though you are ...

The tragic deaths in Sambhal and the latest crackpot campaign to claim the Dargah in Ajmer on behalf of Hindu communalism bring back many uncomfortable memories. In a sense, it all started with LK ...

Which is the most critically respected and awarded restaurant in the world today? Okay, I concede that there are many ways of measuring critical acclaim and these days the international restaurant ...

I like hotels for different reasons. Some feel like home; because I am there so often. Some seem beautiful and different. Some have decades of history. Some epitomise luxury. This is a mixed list in ...