As French as it gets

Here’s where you get authentic French cuisine in the capital ‘L’Opéra Salon de Thé’ by Chor Bizarre at the iconic heritage property of Bikaner House in Lutyens’ Delhi, now has a new line of light savoury meals. “The chef created this menu with the setting in mind,” reveals co-founder and Managing Director Laurent Samandari, welcoming […]

When in Bikaner…

From melt-in-the-mouth Rasgullas to refreshing sherbets and specially crafted meals, there’s a lot more on the food map of this city than the famous Bhujia Step out of the railway station and into the age-old shop called Chotu Motu Joshi, where even if you have only Rs 10 in your pocket, you’ll find something to […]

DRAWING FOR BREAKFAST?

Tarini Sethi is making the art of using a pen and paper into a real deal. She curates exhibitions, giving emerging artists a space Since the beginning of 2018, the art scene in India has been experiencing a good uplift from practitioners and curators towards creating a space for it to thrive, in all its […]

THE IMAGINARY FRIEND

The world has been toying with artificial intelligence for a while now, and India is not far behind Picture yourself having the perfect day indoors, cosying up with a steaming cup of coffee and a great book. You’re just about ready to curl up and get comfortable, when from the next room, you hear a […]

Mother’s milk wins hands down

That babies have the world to gain from being breastfed for the first six months is well known. But there are health benefits for the mother too, which is why this bounty of Nature must not be frittered away During World Breastfeeding Week, it’s surprising to know that a cosmopolitan city like Delhi is among […]

UP cops’ moral policing

UP Police ‘illegally’ detained a 23-year-old Hindu boy for marrying a Muslim girl, also 23 years of age, for three days in Loni police station in Ghaziabad Moral policing as a phenomenon is not confined to smaller towns and cities of the country, nor is the handy works of some goons who see threat to […]

The Great NRC Mess

What happened in Assam is not ‘India for Indians’ Assamese BJP MLA, Ramakanta Deori, did not find his name in the National Register of Citizens (NRC) draft. Another BJP MLA, Dilip Paul, found his wife’s name missing. A retired soldier of the Indian Army, Azmal Hoque, is not in the list. This is to say […]

Why so much smoke?

The statutory warning on cigarette packs has not proved to be much of a deterrent to smokers, and addicts are now as young 10 years old They say history is the best teacher, but statutory warnings are only as good as the fear they can incite — and the big bold letters spelling imminent death […]