“A truly great idli is a cloud, a whisper, a perfect dream of the perfectibility of human civilisation. It's a sublime ...

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 ...

All the usual suspects have often been cited. The kulcha may be named after a Persian biscuit which has a similar name. It could have been brought to India from Central Asia by the Mughals. Or it may ...

Almost every single thing that Blumenthal has done has become a trend. So is his focus on mindful eating going to spell the ...

Casteism and ugly prejudice against those regarded as being low down in the caste pyramid are alive and well. The prejudices are flourishing at the very top of the Indian state. This was made clear ...

Long story short: I went back to Amsterdam and I enjoyed it far more than ever before. I am still a bit of a Philistine but years of marriage to an arts buff have educated me a little.

There are, wrote F Scott Fitzgerald, no second acts in American lives. I was reminded of this and about how it clearly did not apply to Indian lives when I had lunch last week with Ranjit Mathrani at ...

How do you respond when people say that there is no room for dissenting ideas in Indian politics? That mainstream television media is so cravenly sold out to the ruling establishment, and social media ...

As the global outrage over Donald Trump’s tariff policy mounts, it may be time for us to look at the experience of Narendra Modi. If you listen to American and British commentators what Trump is doing ...

It may have been the most unusual letter ever written by a chief minister in India. Firstly, it was an open letter addressed to all Indians. Secondly, it went out on X and received (when I last looked ...

No religion is subject to as many myths as Jainism. At school we were taught – in textbooks influenced by British historians – that Jainism and Buddhism were contemporaneous revolts against ...

Have you been following the troubles of the Indian rupee which has crashed to historic lows over the last few days? Those of you with long memories will remember that the last time this happened, ...