The second effect, I said, would be that people (at least those who could afford the drugs) would get thinner overall. Perhaps there would also be a reduction in diabetes numbers and cardiac health ...

Given its proximity to the powers-that-be it is not surprising that Galgotias were allowed to showcase their AI ‘triumphs’ at the Summit. One of these so-called achievements consisted of a robot dog ...

The same is true of many other Western airports. On the other hand. Asian airports have improved beyond recognition. The finest airports are now in our part of the world. Bombay, Bangalore and Delhi ...

Sri Lanka does not have India’s advantages: famous monuments like the Taj. It has no Himalayas. It has no palaces or Maharajas. And yet, its success explodes the semi-official Indian explanation for ...

Why do people live in such fear of the government in India? Why do we fear what vengeful (or corrupt) authorities can do to us? And more to the point: why does this fear exist even when we know that ...

Secularism may be a tired, washed out concept in much of India but in Mamata’s Bengal it still reigns in all its majesty. For her, it’s a battle that has not been lost and one that she will continue ...

Though we talk a lot of about chefs and their role in creating a modern cuisine in India, the truth is that the innovation universe is tiny and it was only a small group of men who changed all the ...

But let’s give the humble goat the credit it rarely receives. Even in medieval Muslim courts where there was no bar on eating beef, goat was always preferred by kings, nobles and gourmets. There are ...

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 ...

Do you have a favourite one dish meal? If that term sounds a little confusing, let me explain. All over the West ‘one pot meals’ are all the rage. The name sounds less interesting when you realise ...

The great misconception about Kolkata is that it is a parochial Bengali town. That’s much less true than it was when I lived in the city and even way back in 1986, Kolkata’s food was marked by ...

Put yourself in Manish Mehrotra’s shoes. You are, by common consent, India’s greatest chef. At a time when modern Indian food was mostly about the Frenchified presentation preferred by chefs at ...