Ikea’s fab lab

SPACE10 India, an Ikea supported design lab is now in New Delhi where a team of young creatives is working on solutions that will overall make life easier for the people and planet Given the times we live in, every new product must use a team of multi-disciplinary practitioners to research and implement sustainable design […]

CHEF OF THE WEEK

Roberto’s love for cooking can be traced back to his childhood when he would often help his grandmother and aunt create delicious meals for their home. The first recipe he ever learnt was his aunt’s Torta Caprese cake, which still remains his favourite dish. A journey that started in his grandmother’s kitchen has since moulded […]

Bellisimo!

The Europeans know how to warm up during the cold season so it seems apt to try Italian food for an evening out in the holidays “Food speaks to you if you cook from the heart. Slowly and naturally you will start communicating with the food through your senses. Cook from the heart, to suit […]

‘I was detained and given a joyride by Delhi Police’

A journalist’s account of what happened after she was whisked away from Red Fort and thrown onto a bus with Umar Khalid It was a crazy day. What was supposed to be a day reporting on demonstrations against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Delhi turned into a confrontation with the police, my eventual detention along […]

CHEF OF THE WEEK

A passionate chef who believes in plating the best from his kitchen for all his patrons, Chef Ashish Singh focuses on earning love for his food.  He has not only strengthened his roots in India but has also ventured across the globe, which helps him understand the intricacies of the global kitchen. In the past, […]

Excitingly eclectic

This is where you can have chicken tikka in cheese sauce and wind up with a Dessert Thali or an aloe vera lemonade Loud, colourful, festive and joyous, Dhansoo Cafe is more than a restaurant that offers food and beverages. It is more a state of mind with stories and nostalgia. “At Dhansoo Cafe, we […]

Winter dalliances

Many older women in their sixties come every winter to Delhi for a month. They make friends with young Indian men and celebrate life Winter is freezing in northern Europe and most part of continental Russia, covered with a thick blanket of snow. People yearn for sunshine, a scarce commodity in those parts of the […]

Media scrum

Any tragedy in which multiple lives are lost brings news reporters flocking to the scene. Some don’t realise that the bereaved should be questioned with sensitivity  One of the recent tragedies to hit Delhi since the Uphaar Cinema fire in 1997 – which had left 59 dead – is the one that took place on […]