All Indians are condiment lovers. From pickles to freshly ground chutneys: no Indian meal is complete without condiments. This is in sharp contrast to say, China, where there will often be no ...

Do you ever feel that as a middle class Indian you have lost control of your life? That now, more than ever, you are at the mercy of circumstances completely beyond your control? And though you are ...

The tragic deaths in Sambhal and the latest crackpot campaign to claim the Dargah in Ajmer on behalf of Hindu communalism bring back many uncomfortable memories. In a sense, it all started with LK ...

The primary agent of chaos is Indigo, India’s largest airline. Indigo has cancelled over 500 flights. Many, if not most of ...

This is one kind of recognition you can’t buy. It doesn’t depend on how many influencers you feed or how many critics you pay off. The guide relies on anonymous but highly trained and experienced ...

But what this saga will say to critics of this government is: protest loudly because it is possible to get this regime to ...

So, how bright (or not bright) do you need to be to figure out that the mandatory installation of a new government app will get citizens worried? And yet, the government did nothing to allay concerns ...

I like hotels for different reasons. Some feel like home; because I am there so often. Some seem beautiful and different. Some have decades of history. Some epitomise luxury. This is a mixed list in ...

At no time in our recent history has there been so much anger over harassment and corruption by government officials, bureaucrats and police/customs/enforcement ...

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 ...

I have been to Amsterdam thrice before. One was an enforced halt while I was flying from London to Delhi and, for some reason, was travelling KLM. There were problems with the connection from ...

What’s the difference between traditional Indian chefs and top western chefs? I would imagine that there are many differences. But here is the big one: Secrecy. Sharing is not part of the Indian ...