As most reviewers have pointed out, this is the only kind of Superman who makes sense in today’s complicated world. Though ...

Almost everyone you speak to will tell you that the London of today is not the same as the London of ten years ago. What that ...

The Dalai Lama has moved part of the way towards achieving that goal. There is a democratically elected government in exile ...

But regardless of which hot sauce you use, the chilli trend is here to stay. And ironically enough the impetus to add more ...

Ask me what my favourite convenience food is and I’ll tell you that it is the sausage. At any given time, my fridge is full of sausages. I have all kinds: spicy Italian sausages, meaty-but-sweet ...

It is a story that has passed into foodie legend. In 1971/2, when the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai was planning its new tower wing (which eventually opened in late 1972), Camellia Panjabi, the hotel’s ...

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.

Though we don’t often admit it, most Indians are always a little annoyed by the global tendency to treat our food as a cheap and cheerful ethnic cuisine. That characterisation is probably the legacy ...

There are three ways in which central governments lose elections in India. The first and most common is that voters turn against them. This is what happened to Indira Gandhi’s Congress in 1977 and to ...

It is almost a truism that political discourse in India has hit a new low. You don’t need much to persuade you. Just switch on the TV, go to any “news” channel and watch party spokesmen scream, shout ...

I don’t usually write very much about foreign policy because there are hundreds of writers (more, perhaps) who have dedicated their lives to studying Indian foreign policy and never hesitate to ...

It helped, I think, that I felt safe at Buckingham Gate. The hotel is superbly run with great food, of course, but it manages to make guests feel secure and looked after. This is a big deal in London ...