"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 ...

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?

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 ...

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 ...

Are you surprised by all the hype around high quality Indian whisky? A little taken aback, perhaps, by claims that Indian whiskies are among the best in the world? Staggered by the number of awards ...

In much of the world, you have restaurants that serve comfort food. This is simple food that you could well make at home but every once in a while you want to give yourself a break and go out for a ...

Bukhara, which will begin celebrating its 45th anniversary this weekend, is now the most famous Indian restaurant in the world. Nearly every US President since Bill Clinton has eaten Bukhara’s food.

Most Indian gastronomic classics —that is to say, dishes that you find on lots of menus — have been around for decades if not centuries. North Indian biryani dates back to the Mughals. What we now ...

This week’s Supreme Court judgement not only reaffirmed the principle of reservation but it also suggested that it’s no longer necessary to cap reservation at fifty percent. You can reserve the ...

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 ...

All politicians are not low-lifes. Many are hardworking, decent and honest. But enough of them are sleazy enough to remind me how they have schemed their way around the new rules and the supposed ...