In the midst of all this gloom, Swraj Paul suddenly emerged in the lives of the Gandhis. He was a member of Kolkata’s wealthy but obsessively low profile Paul family, owners of the Apeejay group, but ...

Which brings us back to India and to Kurush Dalal’s claims for our pasta/noodle tradition. One of his most convincing examples of Indian pasta is idiappam. It is, he argues, a good example of how ...

That’s why the Election Commission is so important. If elections are fair and the people of India are allowed to register ...

Zecha had found a new niche: super-rich travellers who were willing to pay a fortune for small, luxury hotels. Zecha got back ...

So you would have to be nuts to deny that there is a serious problem. Most sensible people who object to the Supreme Court judgement do not dispute that something needs to be done. They just think ...

The Romans were probably the first to recognise the unique ability of some fish to flavour dishes without making them too fishy. Classic texts tell us that garum, a fermented fish sauce, was a primary ...

It’s an amazing achievement not just because the chocolate is so good but because it reverses colonial history. This is Indian chocolate, Muppala says, made for Indians, by Indians from Indian beans.

Do you think clubs, hotels and restaurants should have dress codes? I suspect that the answer is complicated. Of course any establishment has the right to choose how it wants its guests to dress but ...

Should India play cricket with Pakistan? More crucially, after several former Indian cricketers boycotted the match against Pakistan in the ongoing World Championship of Legends tournament, should we ...

It was a gamble, especially as the lease had only seven years to run but the Mathranis decided that it was all or nothing. And it was really Veeraswamy’s last chance. Had the Mathranis failed the ...

Yes, it’s okay to feel bad for Jagdeep Dhankar no matter what your views on his performance as Chairman of the Rajya Sabha or as Governor of Bengal before that were. No Vice President of India ...

Because this column is about the tragic Air India crash at Ahmedabad airport I want to begin with some qualifications before we go much further. I am, by no means, an aviation expert. But then, nor ...