The Dubai Hakkasan has a Michelin star and the local outpost of the rapidly expanding Mott 32 chain has a certain glamorous cachet. But beyond that, the field is wide open so Mei Mei Mayfair should be ...

And besides. the individuals are not the important part of the story. The principle of free speech is what matters. And it has not been a good week for freedom of expression. These setbacks to our ...

All over the world, nutritionists and food companies are coming to a conclusion that you and I might find a little surprising: milk is great! Milk sales are up and those of its imitators or ...

It is a maxim that should be a cliché by now. But given the current Indian reality, it is worth repeating again and again: “The true test of a principle is when you apply it to somebody or something ...

I went to dinner in Delhi‘s Connaught Place a fortnight ago. There was a time when it was the city‘s restaurant hub. Then, as Delhi exploded in all directions, the Connaught Place restaurants began to ...

Now that both Vistara and Jet are gone, Air India has a monopoly in business class. So it could make profits by selling lots of high yield, profit making business class seats on metro sectors. Instead ...

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 ...

Assume that you are a foreigner who knows very little about India. You suddenly find yourself in Kochi. Almost the first thing you will wonder is whether you are in a Christian city. The older parts ...

There are very few subjects on which we display as much ignorance and hypocrisy as cannabis. Yes, cannabis: the plant that gives us the Bhang we consume at Holi, regarding it as part of our tradition.

What do you eat on aeroplanes? I try not to eat the in-flight meal because on most airlines, no matter what class you travel, the food ranges from ‘not very good’ to ‘truly disgusting’. It is not ...