PinnedRight Angle‘Bar bar dekho’: Why Kolkata and Mumbai offered most fertile ground for watering holes in IndiaA Malayali friend joked that the state song of Kerala should be ‘Bar, Bar Dekho, Hazar Bar Dekho…’. Punning on the word ‘Bar’ she would…8 min read·Sep 24, 2023----
PinnedRight AngleBotton UpI have always believed in the serendipity of books. It is not Bibliomancy. But, more like synchronicity. The timing of finding a book or a…6 min read·May 14, 2021----
Right AngleHow Lok Sabha Polls Have Become A Long Game of Narrative-Setting — News18General elections in India are neither T20 cricket nor One-Day Internationals. That might happen if we ever get to ‘One Nation, One…5 min read·6 days ago----
Right AngleBar snacks: Touching upon those unforgettable ‘Touchings’Good bars usually have their signature bar snacks that are as much of a draw as the ambience of the place. These are generally regional…3 min read·Mar 25, 2024----
Right AngleTo Manipuri Meitei food, with loveThough it may not be apparent on the surface, because after a while all Dilli-walas people talk and behave similarly, Delhi is probably the…4 min read·Mar 12, 2024----
Right AngleSubtle and sophisticated, Kashmiri food has all it takes to become a hitI have written about Kashmiri food in these columns before. But I have often wondered why — while other regional cuisines have spread…3 min read·Mar 2, 2024----
Right AngleChhena Poda, food of the GodsPaneer, it is claimed, existed since Vedic times and there is evidence to indicate that it was known to the people of the Indus Valley…3 min read·Feb 24, 2024--1--1
Right AngleGiving the underrated pulao its dueChicken Tikka Masala has long displaced traditional Fish and Chips as the national food of Britain. Similarly, if a referendum was…3 min read·Feb 11, 2024----
Right AngleWhose Butter Chicken is it anyway?Butter Chicken has been in the news ever since sections of Indian and foreign media reported a legal spat between two claimants of its…2 min read·Feb 3, 2024----
Right AngleO Pedro: Nouvelle Goan CuisineMy companions went for Pedro’s G&T while I stuck to my regular IPA from the tap. The G&T turned out to be purple in colour mixed with…3 min read·Jan 27, 2024----