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Garam Masala: Fight for purity
February 15, 2014, 11:30 AM IST
FDA’s Bitter Medicine has a Capsule of History Three letters of the English alphabet are causing much pain of late to the Indian pharmaceutical industry: FDA. The Food and Drug Administration of the US is…
February 15, 2014, 11:30 AM IST
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Why dictatorships love Olympic games
February 11, 2014, 6:13 AM IST
In 1972 at Sapporo, Brundage tried to ban several skiers and even suggested that the Winter Games be dropped for excessive commercialisation. In the event, only one skier was banned and it was Brundage who…
February 11, 2014, 6:13 AM IST
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Karachi Olympics and lessons from the winter games
February 8, 2014, 4:58 AM IST
As Sochi’s controversial Winter Olympics starts, its detractors are listing why it should never have been chosen. It has subtropical climate with unreliable snow, it is prone to floods, it is in an unstable and…
February 8, 2014, 4:58 AM IST
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Garam Masala – Food and the Olympics 2
February 7, 2014, 3:20 PM IST
[Part two of a piece on food and the Olympics originally written at the time of the London Olympics, and being pulled up again now as the Sochi Winter Olympics starts] The Olympics, it’s fairly…
February 7, 2014, 3:20 PM IST
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Garam Masala – the Olympics and food (1)
February 7, 2014, 2:52 PM IST
[Even before the Sochi Winter Olympics started a story surfaced about how the US team was being denied the yoghurt that was part of its diet. A shipment of Chobani yogurt which was meant for…
February 7, 2014, 2:52 PM IST
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Sweet-talking bankers get their just desserts
February 1, 2014, 7:16 AM IST
Macaroons have had their moment. Muffins never made it. Nor did cheesecake possibly because Indians never got the appeal of too-solid shrikhand in pastry. Cupcakes are, thankfully, drowning under too many diabetes’ inducing toppings, and…
February 1, 2014, 7:16 AM IST
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Hang Them High
January 26, 2014, 12:10 AM IST
An exhibition of European paintings in Mumbai showcases a time when art moved out from palaces and churches into middle-class living rooms.
January 26, 2014, 12:10 AM IST
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The Not-Quite Vanishing Irani Cafes
January 26, 2014, 12:02 AM IST
It is a rite of passage for many young journalists and filmmakers in Mumbai. You enter the Irani café, take in the atmosphere of peeling walls, old calendars and dusty cabinets, the bentwood chairs and…
January 26, 2014, 12:02 AM IST
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The Last Remorse of Kalashnikov
January 17, 2014, 8:13 PM IST
George Bernard Shaw’s politics, if anyone considers them these days, are generally thought to be socialist. He was linked to the Fabian Society, a major influence on Jawaharlal Nehru, which aimed to advance socialism in…
January 17, 2014, 8:13 PM IST
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Garam Masala – Namdeo Dhasal and Dalit food traditions
January 16, 2014, 12:58 PM IST
[This is the second of two posts partly inspired by the late Namdeo Dhasal’s writings. Sadly, he never seems to have opened the restaurant of which he spoke]. Some years back my grandmother employed a…
January 16, 2014, 12:58 PM IST
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Garam Masala: The many meanings of Dalit food
January 16, 2014, 12:47 PM IST
[Namdeo Dhasal’s death has revived memories of the many vivid and hungred descriptions of food he used in his writing. I have used his writings in a couple of columns I have written on Dalit…
January 16, 2014, 12:47 PM IST
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Alcohol Problem Not Foreign to Ministry
January 6, 2014, 2:01 PM IST
External Affairs ministry has a long history of annoying other diplomats over alcohol issues US diplomats in Delhi who must now sip Kingfisher instead of Coors may be bemoaning this posting, but they should not…
January 6, 2014, 2:01 PM IST
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Indians may have one servant, but US kitchens run by many
January 4, 2014, 5:20 AM IST
Among the many reactions arising from the Devyani Khobragade affair one of the commonest, from Americans, has been the question: “But couldn’t she do the chores herself?” Most middle-class Americans do their own cooking and…
January 4, 2014, 5:20 AM IST
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Garam Masala – LGBT sandwiches
December 26, 2013, 8:03 PM IST
It seems like any other sandwich in the café’s display case until you notice the small label: LGBT sandwich. What’s in it, you ask. Lettuce, Gouda cheese, Basil oil and Tomato, says the person behind…
December 26, 2013, 8:03 PM IST
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Supreme Court ruling sets India back
December 12, 2013, 10:09 PM IST
The Supreme Court bench of Justices GS Singhvi and SJ Mukhopadhaya has set aside the Delhi High Court’s verdict in the case of Naz India. That decision, delivered in 2009, read down Section 377 of…
December 12, 2013, 10:09 PM IST
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Garam Masala: Mandela’s Life in Food and Drink
December 7, 2013, 7:18 AM IST
Some national leaders are known for ascetic diets or indifference to food. But Mandela was a boxer, a well-built man, who from jail on Robben Island, boasted about his healthy appetite He loved the sour milk of his Xhosa community so much it once almost gave him away. He was hiding in Johannesburg and left a glass of milk to ferment…
December 7, 2013, 7:18 AM IST
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How turkeys are among the first examples of globalisation of trade
November 30, 2013, 11:46 AM IST
The great global turkey slaughter is on us again. It starts with this Thanksgiving weekend in the USA and continues to Christmas across the world. The amount consumed is huge – just in the USA…
November 30, 2013, 11:46 AM IST
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Little Luxuries – Down The Ages
November 29, 2013, 4:07 PM IST
Many readers have written in after reading my recent column on olive oil. After reading about the problems with a lot of what is sold as olive oil and, even more, with olive pomace oil,…
November 29, 2013, 4:07 PM IST
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Symbols Still Help Form That Connect
November 18, 2013, 6:18 PM IST
The importance of election symbols in India was set at our first elections in 1951-52, says Vikram Doctor YOU KNOW THAT ELECTION SEASON is really on us when stories on election symbols start to appear…
November 18, 2013, 6:18 PM IST
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Little Luxuries – Persimmon Poetry
November 15, 2013, 3:49 PM IST
India’s end of the year festival season is closely associated with dried fruits, from Diwali mithai to Christmas pudding. But fresh fruits matter too, since many people now like to give fresh fruit baskets and…
November 15, 2013, 3:49 PM IST
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