The second effect, I said, would be that people (at least those who could afford the drugs) would get thinner overall. Perhaps there would also be a reduction in diabetes numbers and cardiac health ...

Given its proximity to the powers-that-be it is not surprising that Galgotias were allowed to showcase their AI ‘triumphs’ at the Summit. One of these so-called achievements consisted of a robot dog ...

The same is true of many other Western airports. On the other hand. Asian airports have improved beyond recognition. The finest airports are now in our part of the world. Bombay, Bangalore and Delhi ...

Sri Lanka does not have India’s advantages: famous monuments like the Taj. It has no Himalayas. It has no palaces or Maharajas. And yet, its success explodes the semi-official Indian explanation for ...

People, especially upper middle class people in Kolkata, often ask me why Mamata Banerjee receives so much, largely uncritical, support from Indian liberals. Don’t we realise, they ask, that Mamata’s ...

Do you have a favourite one dish meal? If that term sounds a little confusing, let me explain. All over the West ‘one pot meals’ are all the rage. The name sounds less interesting when you realise ...

Why do people live in such fear of the government in India? Why do we fear what vengeful (or corrupt) authorities can do to us? And more to the point: why does this fear exist even when we know that ...

with Pakistan? Speaking to reporters at the SAARC Summit in the Maldives, the Foreign Secretary said that the Prime Minister’s tacit agreement to resume the composite dialogue (halted after the 26/11 ...

If you doubt that the Indian food scene at the top level is changing then you should have been in Dubai last week when three of India’s top chefs first cooked an amazing meal and then came together to ...

The NDA landslide in Bihar defies the expectations of all but the most optimistic exit polls. That the alliance would win was almost a given. It wasn’t just the exit polls that predicted an NDA ...

At no time in our recent history has there been so much anger over harassment and corruption by government officials, bureaucrats and police/customs/enforcement ...

What do you think of the Indian pasta tradition? If your response is one of bewilderment then join the club. That’s what I would have said too — at least until a week ago. “What rubbish! There is no ...