The Dalai Lama has moved part of the way towards achieving that goal. There is a democratically elected government in exile ...

If you have been to a fancy Western restaurant or even to one serving that kind of food in India, you will have noticed that the food comes out from the kitchen already plated. The main component of ...

So, has Bangkok, which most of us know well and regard a reasonably priced holiday destination that is not too far away, ...

So I make no value judgements about Gastro tourism. All I will say is that it now dominates gastronomy at the highest level.

Call me a jaded old bore but these are the current trends/clichés that I hate the most. There has always been a distinction between the European conception of a sandwich and its American counterpart.

What do you eat on aeroplanes? I try not to eat the in-flight meal because on most airlines, no matter what class you travel, the food ranges from ‘not very good’ to ‘truly disgusting’. It is not ...

First things first: This is a list that rather conveniently uses two different definitions when selecting the best Indian restaurants of the year. I have included some of the best ones serving Indian ...

It is a measure of how polarised our discourse — and much of our society perhaps — has become that the controversy over the Netflix series about the IC 814 hijacking has followed predictably ...

It was not always like this, I have, admittedly, always loved good hotels. But when I was younger, the hotel was much less important than it is now. I went only for the destinations themselves. And if ...

You’ve probably been reading about the Indian Ambassador to Ireland who also functions as a part-time Twitter cheer-leader. In case you missed it, here is the story: A newspaper called The Irish Times ...

Indians have a pretty good idea of what Japan is about. We are crazy for sushi, have grown up using Japanese electronic products, are familiar with such automobile brands as Toyota, Honda and of ...

Tandoori chicken was created in Peshawar in the 1930s when there was no Pakistan. But Peshawar is now a part of Pakistan. Does that make tandoori chicken a Pakistani dish? What about its descendants - ...