CHEF OF THE WEEK

Chef Sagar Bajaj is a passionate foodie and chef. A graduate of Homes Institute at Melbourne, he has travelled across the globe. He is eclectic about his ingredients and likes to experiment with  them in different dishes and in different ways. He has been working since 2013 with First Fiddle restaurants that owns different brands […]

A feast for your eyes too

You may be tempted to take a chair home – and you can, after duly paying for it You walk in and get struck by its vibrant colours, quirky designs, cheery hues, tricky lights… Such is the first impression of the recently launched, 5,000 sq feet restaurant – Plum by BentChair at Aerocity. Every plush […]

Stand at ease!

Nobody’s perfect. Body shape should stop being a yardstick to judge people as it affects self-esteem What’s a perfect body shape? A notion that keeps changing with time, depending on the cultural context. There are diverse body types and therefore, varied definitions of an ideal body. And no one body type can claim monopoly on […]

Monthly hiccups

A Netflix documentary nominated for the Oscars recorded the attitudes of Hapur girls, among others, towards menstruation “We feel shy, we can’t say it.” This is the opening scene of Oscar-nominated Netflix documentary — Period. End of Sentence — directed by Rayka Zehtabchi. The teenaged girls of Hapur district, in this scene, feel uncomfortable in […]

Education without bias

In a recent protest rally in the Capital, hundreds of children and activists raised their voice for free and equal education. A system where every student gets the same opportunities For a mid-February day, the blazing sun was not unusual, not for Delhi. For the hundreds marching from Sansad Marg — where they had earlier […]

Delhi’s towering inferno

Delhi’s deadliest fire since 1999 killed 17 people. Was the incident at Hotel Arpit Palace a disaster waiting to happen? Animesh (name changed), an IT professional from Kolkata, was visiting Delhi for the first time. His friend recommended he stay at the swanky Hotel Arpit Palace, so Animesh reserved a room. In the early hours […]

To be or not to be…

…in a government job, that is the question I grapple with every time I have to meet a bureaucrat Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair… In seventy-seven and sixty-nine, revolution was in the air… I was born too late, into a world that doesn’t care Oh I wish […]

Delicacies from Iran

The iconic seven-kitchen restaurant at DLF Emporio, Vasant Kunj, now has another cuisine on its menu. The flavours of Iran include a lot of seafood, besides the popular chicken and lamb Think Iran and to my mind comes the movie Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time: cabanas, sheer curtains and delightful platters. Well, the […]