Dhankar saw no need for such restraint. Not only was he vocal about what he regarded as Mamata’s failings, he had no hesitation in travelling around the country to tell people how badly the state was ...

Once upon a time all the openings were in Gurgaon which was not great for Delhi people who did not want to brave traffic jams of much more than an hour or get stuck in water-logged roads for the three ...

India’s street food vendors get a really bad deal. They are terrorised by the police. They have to pay off municipal officials from their meagre earnings. And most of them barely eke out a living.

13. So what did happen? The frightening thing is that we have no idea. It’s possible that there was a fault in the fuel valve or that the switch was defective and indeed there have been reports of ...

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 ...

What does the way most Indians eat our food have in common with the West’s great Michelin starred restaurants? And we started doing it thousands of years before the West had any restaurants at all, ...

Are you a gastro-tourist? It’s not a term I use very much but maybe I should! It was The New York Times that got me thinking. Reporting on the announcement of the list of the World’s 50 Best ...

Is the cult of the anonymous restaurant critic dead? I think it probably is. What read like a death notice appeared this week in The New York Times. Foodies will know that the Times has long prided ...

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 ...

It was one of the more extraordinary things that I have done in my life. It started when Michelin called me to discuss something confidential. If you know how the Michelin Guide works then you will ...

Could the nature of the restaurant business be changing? If the experience of the West is anything to go by then: Yes, certainly. And the changes are going to gain momentum. Dr Ambrish Mithal, India’s ...