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?

Well, no, for several reasons. First, President Murmu has gone public in a way that no president in history (at least none that I can recall) ever has. Generally, such conflicts are kept out of public ...

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 ...

What do you suppose is India’s favourite bottled sauce? If you answered ‘tomato ketchup’ you would probably be right. But despite the current sauce boom and the growing popularity of mayonnaise, I ...

Prashant Kishor has always put it best: people who see Narendra Modi’s success only in terms of Hindutva are making a mistake. Yes, Hindutva is an important component of Modi’s appeal. But Hindutva ...

Malaysia is the South East Asian destination that Indians never pay enough attention to. I plead guilty myself to this neglect. Nearly two decades ago I went to Kuala Lumpur and Penang to shoot for my ...

The first time I had an authentic Peking Duck in India was at the Great Wall restaurant at the Leela Palace in Mumbai twenty years ago. I was having lunch with Captain CP Krishnan Nair, the Leela ...

A lot of nonsense is spoken about food in India. But in no area are the myths and misconceptions as prevalent as they are in the case of vegetarian and non-vegetarian food habits. People still like to ...

If you have been following the furore over the price of tomatoes, you will note that reporters and political analysts often refer to tomatoes as a basic staple of Indian cooking and the food of the ...

Prithvi Raj Singh aka Biki Oberoi liked to say that he did no work till he was 32. It was true. As the son of MS Oberoi, then India’s most successful hotelier, Biki could live the life of the global ...

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 Vistara was a great ...