A Less Understood Ambrosia
Any Gujarati worth his salt, or shall I say sugar, will always want to share his goodies.
Five-Spice Mix (And The Remix)
The ‘Plain Jane of Indian food’ is actually a delicate, native diva—and the palanquin beckons
Show Us The Rokda
The classic terra incognita beyond a few pop images, Gujarat is home to many dualities
Those Nights In Nairobi
From early seafarers to a globalised people, overseas Gujaratis are etched as a distinct type
The Gujarat I Lived In And Loved
A tribute to the Gujarati character, from someone who has lived and worked in the state for 20 years
Home To The Stocks
The Gujarati zeal for business will provide the national blueprint for economic drive
The Elusive Sides Of That Raj Traveller
From Cal, via Ahmedabad and Savannah, US, the search is on...
The Gujarat Model Of Politician
Gandhi and Modi, two men who couldn’t have been more different, but born of the same soil that also gave us Sardar Patel and Jinnah
Gujarat & India Same, Different But Same
A historically mercantile culture, a centre-right leaning and an irreverent nature, the Gujarati is truly a thepla in the mix
How Not To Bely The Mt Everest Of Hope
An open letter to PM Narendra Modi, from the man who’d called him an autocrat who cares two hoots for his party
If You Can’t Do Penang
The ‘pure veg’ brigade can wolf down Penang Laksa Noodles without poking about suspiciously.
After The Great Game
This finely edited collection of essays is not a travel book in the conventional sense
Master Of Apostrophe
Sutradhar, curator and Mumbaiah, Hoskote dazzles with his kaleidoscopic points of view and his multiphony
Children Of War
An unforgiving film that is a strong reminder that horrors of history never leave us.
Ruskin Bond
The writer on receiving the Padma Bhushan and why children are a recurrent theme in his work
Teheran Diary
Teheran is almost spotlessly clean. No Indian city can come even remotely close in comparison