Raw foods aren’t just a fad, they are a way of life. All you need are strong teeth and a strong stomach
Notwithstanding the boom, the restaurant industry in India is still on a learning curve. And yes, we’re talking about both sides of the table
Eating in is quite as cool as restaurant-hopping. But when you are new parents, necessity rapidly takes second place to the thrill of educating a palate
Between the scientific and the sensory lie the largely uncharted territories of taste. The truth is out there
There is much to be said about this mystifying, purely subjective element of our food
Nondescript Namchi in southern Sikkim is being rebirthed as a tourist-magnet. Sumana Roy traces the evolution of an artificial pilgrimage
You’ve been committing USGA misdemeanors for years. Now graduate to felonies
It won’t match the lofty standards set by the 911, but the Merc SL is very much an icon of our times
The Dadasaheb Phalke award for Soumitra Chattopadhyay comes late in his life. Is it because his formidable talent is best regarded in retrospect?
Often, the Indianism ‘filmi’ is used to mean the very opposite of class. Its shades of meaning include an artificiality, a certain amount of exaggeration, of façade. Class, to survive in this hurly-burly, must be of a very high order indeed. So, to help us define class, we went to someone who is very much a part of the film world, but has always been, quite simply, classy: Shabana Azmi, award-winning actor and activist