Six Degrees Of Michelin
Probably the only restaurant in the world with an attached travel agency - a small, alfresco place that serves great Mediterranean-fusion food.
Bibliofile
It's the silly season, the award time, with Commonwealth prize shortlist. But whatever happened to the Man Asian?
No Girlhoods
Desai is to be commended for documenting a major social ugliness in unflinching detail and producing a fluent page-turner in the process.
Said A Pustule
That rare thing: a literary thriller, with the quality of producing a sensation of vulnerability
Notes From The Dying
The hunter mirrors the hunted, and the state is the fall guy in this book bursting with terror’s marginalia
Up In The Air
An immensely likeable film, yet it leaves you dissatisfied. Like being hungry after a good meal.
Ann-Sophie Mayr
The international head of Swarovski Crystal Society on their water school charity project
Pyongyang Diary
Each night I sent an e-mail to my wife that began with the words. “As I type, I have two ladies standing at my shoulder reading every word I write, which is very rude.” I would then pause and look up at them...
Jairam Ramesh
When will the baingan reach the aam admi? I’ll make no predictions but will say this much: Dr Singh is a very determined man.
Houses On The Beach
Bachelor-time has long resisted the times in Triplicane’s mansions. That may change now.
These Walls Have Ears
A profligate V-C, a homophobic row, crime and surveillance—all facets of the AMU syndrome
‘It’s Impossible For Highly Skilled Workers To Come In’
Infosys HRD director on the government’s new visa regulations and how they are impacting business.
‘Compilers Ignored Historical Chronology’
Stephen Batchelor, author of <i>Confessions of a Buddhist Atheist</i>, tells the untold story of the Buddha's life and death
The Azamgarh Can Of Worms
Digvijay Singh’s suggestion that Rahul might visit the UP town worries the home ministry, PMO
Of A Science Called Manmohanology
Manmohan is stamping his own imprint on policy, but that’s putting him at odds with the party