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, ...

Call me a jaded old bore but these are the current trends/clichés that I hate the most. There has always been a distinction ...

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

I am not necessarily a fan of cookbooks. But I love books about food in general: Something like 40% of the books I buy each month are food-related. Some are travelogues, some are collections of ...

Fortunately, unlike Shimla, which was destroyed by its own popularity, Mashobra and the areas around it remain unspoiled and quite ethereally beautiful. And Wildflower Hall is still the Queen of the ...

Others suggest that the latest uproar is just one more assault in the battle to tame Bollywood. If the film/TV industry --- long regarded as entirely secular --- is cowed down and lives in fear of ...

The cuisine of Morocco is much celebrated in the West. There are highly-rated Moroccan restaurants in America. Moroccan cookbooks are popular all over the world. Everybody loves Moroccan food. Except ...

America is a market that was always regarded as out-of-bounds to Indian chefs. But ever since Srijith Gopinathan won two Michelin stars at Campton Place in San Francisco, that seems to be changing.

It was the Left, not the Right, that traditionally opposed anything to do with the US, including even the Indo-US nuclear deal, which was clearly in India’s interests. (The Left’s opposition to that ...

So farewell then Vistara. You were a good airline and the Indian aviation scene is poorer for your passing. We shall all miss you. Now that we’ve got that out of the way, let me say that I don’t think ...