So you would have to be nuts to deny that there is a serious problem. Most sensible people who object to the Supreme Court judgement do not dispute that something needs to be done. They just think ...

The Romans were probably the first to recognise the unique ability of some fish to flavour dishes without making them too fishy. Classic texts tell us that garum, a fermented fish sauce, was a primary ...

It’s an amazing achievement not just because the chocolate is so good but because it reverses colonial history. This is Indian chocolate, Muppala says, made for Indians, by Indians from Indian beans.

Donald Trump is not the first US President to seem to favour Pakistan over India. We forget now that because Pakistan openly ...

Airports: Ninety per cent of the pain of travelling comes from airports not from aircraft.

Yes, it’s okay to feel bad for Jagdeep Dhankar no matter what your views on his performance as Chairman of the Rajya Sabha or as Governor of Bengal before that were. No Vice President of India ...

Because this column is about the tragic Air India crash at Ahmedabad airport I want to begin with some qualifications before we go much further. I am, by no means, an aviation expert. But then, nor ...

I would call it a Korean food boom except that despite the names none of the flavours is particularly Korean. Hardly anyone uses Korean chillis or gochugaru, the distinctive Korean chilli powder, or ...

Worse was to follow. The Panchen Lama chosen by the monks and the Dalai Lama was picked up by the Chinese army and taken to an undisclosed destination. He has rarely been seen since. The Panchen Lama ...

It was to prove to be a wise decision. The hotel was classy, elegant and better managed than most Singapore hotels I have stayed at over the last five years. As for Kuala Lumpur itself, Mahmoud warned ...

So, immigration is back at the top of our minds. The Mumbai police say that the man who attacked Saif Ali Khan was not a local but had sneaked into the city from Bangladesh. And anyone watching Donald ...

But two things intrigue me. One: is it too much to expect a degree of consistency from politicians? When exactly the same thing happened at the end of Manmohan Singh’s second term, it was treated as a ...