So do go ahead and try hot honey. I reckon the fad has about a couple of years to run. But never forget that the true hero of this story is the bee and the miles it flies through the air searching out ...

"The Rajgarh palace was built around 35O years ago making it the oldest palace to be converted to a hotel and the Oberois have had to substantially restore the main structure." Two years ago, ashamed ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

In November 2024 I wrote in this column about the imminent arrival of weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro and how they would change the world. The first and most immediate effect, I predicted, ...

Did the gatekeepers at the AI Summit decide that they needed to be Gatekeepers? Was Bill Gates told that he would not be welcome at a Summit that is already reeling from controversy after controversy?

Do you ever feel that as a middle class Indian you have lost control of your life? That now, more than ever, you are at the mercy of circumstances completely beyond your control? And though you are ...

Doesn’t everything taste better when you are on the road? Every time I come back from a trip I spend a few days nurturing and caressing my memories. Because I eat for a living many of the memories are ...

I have to say that I don’t; which may explain why I am such a bad cook. My problem is that I lack the patience to follow a recipe. And all my cooking is pretty last minute which means that by the time ...

At no time in our recent history has there been so much anger over harassment and corruption by government officials, bureaucrats and police/customs/enforcement ...