"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?

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 ...

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, ...

I have been reading so much about the glory days of travel when resorts were not over run by tourists; when airports were not the obstacle courses they have now become; when air travel was glamorous; ...

People, especially upper middle class people in Kolkata, often ask me why Mamata Banerjee receives so much, largely uncritical, support from Indian liberals. Don’t we realise, they ask, that Mamata’s ...

Decades ago when I went to school in Ajmer, Jaipur was the nearest proper airport (it probably still is) and the nearest big town. There was, we knew, huge tourism potential in Rajasthan but frankly ...

If you have been reading this column for a while you will know that I can be a repetitive bore on the subject of street food. Indian street food has long been one of my obsessions and I can bore you ...

If there was a Nobel Prize for boot licking then Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif would win it hands down. At a gathering in Sharm el Sheikh organised by US President Donald Trump to mark the ...

It is something that many of us have been thinking. But, as is often the case, it was Shashi Tharoor who put it best. As you probably remember, Tharoor recently led a delegation of Indian ...