What happened was this: when Noma announced its residency some ex-employees drew attention to the bullying of the staff at the restaurant’s main operation in Copenhagen. The allegations dated back ...

Why couldn’t Mumbai have been like Dubai? Why do Indians who struggle within the Indian system suddenly shine so brightly when they go to Dubai and take advantage of the opportunities the city offers?

For instance there has recently been a huge hooh-ha about Butter Chicken ice cream. The sudden surge of interest and the many polarising responses that followed the posting of a video on Instagram ...

For reasons that are not entirely clear to me, my X feed is full of people discussing ‘hacks’ on how to get access to a hotel breakfast buffet without paying for it. Inevitably there are others ...

I knew that Lutyens had designed the building as a palace for the British Viceroy and that it had been inaugurated by the Raj in 1931 with celebrations that had not been attended by most ...

How bad is it for the chief minister of a state to insult the President of India? The answer is obvious: it’s disgraceful—an insult not just to the individual but to the office of President and to the ...

What does the trial court’s order discharging Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and 22 others tell us about the state of today’s India? Well, it tells us a lot and no matter which way you look at it, ...

I don’t write very often about individual restaurants because I am not sure if I get anything like the average guest experience when I am recognised at restaurants (which happens reasonably often) so ...

Did you expect Dubai to become a target in the current Iran conflict? I certainly did not. And neither, I suspect, did the residents of Dubai themselves. When I heard about the explosions in the city, ...

I don’t think anyone seriously disputes that Mumbai is now the restaurant capital of India. Nowhere else in India will you find such great restaurants as Masque and Papa’s doing as well as such high ...