Edits / Food & Drink
Curry source
For restaurateur Marut Sikka, Chandni Chowk is the only place to buy ingredients in Delhi. He gives us a tour.
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Affairs / Urbanism
Monocolumn
Saturday 24 April
Weeded out – the flower sellers of Delhi
It’s host panic. The moment you realise that your guests will be here any minute and the place just doesn’t look ready.
Affairs / Management
Monocolumn
Friday 9 April
The rise of women in top jobs
With India’s – mostly male – MPs embroiled in a prolonged debate in Parliament over the pros and cons of a bill that would set aside a third of seats for women, the spotlight is firmly on the role of the fairer sex in…
Affairs / Food & Drink
Monocolumn
Wednesday 2 December
A good whine
Finding a decent glass of wine in India is enough to drive a person to drink. While wine is increasingly popular – consumption is expected to increase between 25 per cent and 30 per cent a year between 2009 and 2012 –…
Affairs / Environment
Monocolumn
Sunday 18 April
Predicting the monsoon
From the baking plains of the Deccan Plateau to the boardrooms of Mumbai, everyone is keeping a weather eye on India’s skies as the annual monsoon approaches.
Affairs / Education
Monocolumn
Wednesday 10 February
Pushy parents make an early start
Forget top institutions such as IIT and Delhi University, the most highly sought-after education places in India this month are being contested by a much younger crowd: three-year-olds.
Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Saturday 6 February
Batting for Australia’s reputation
Australian politicians and diplomats are hoping that a shared love of cricket can be used to repair the country’s frayed relationship with India.
Business / Automotive
Monocolumn
Friday 27 November
Car makers race into India
Cross an Indian street and it probably won’t be news to you that car sales on the Subcontinent are booming here.
Culture / Books
Monocolumn
Wednesday 20 January
Rewriting Jaipur Literature Festival
For generations, India has intrigued foreign and local writers lured by its rich culture, diversity and multitude of stories to be told.
Culture / Society
Monocolumn
Monday 24 May
Caste – gone but not forgotten
As census counting gets under way, the divisive issue of caste has again been thrust into India’s political cauldron.
Affairs / Defence
Monocolumn
Sunday 18 October
Crouching tiger, hidden dragon
The Chinese government might not have let its own people watch the huge military parade that it staged in Beijing on 1 October (except on state-gilded TV).
Affairs / Health
Monocolumn
Wednesday 23 June
Yoga protectionism
For centuries, Indians have been sun saluting, warrior posing and applying the natural antiseptic turmeric to their wounds.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Tuesday 24 August
Stopping peeing in public
In New Delhi, the humble public toilet goes by any number of names: wall, footpath, tree, abandoned car, occupied car.
Culture / Film
Monocolumn
Wednesday 24 February
Bollywood puckers up for first gay clinch
The prospect of India’s first on-screen gay liaison has made foreign media outlets hot under the collar but it is proving to be a different story on the sub-continent.
Business / Media
Monocolumn
Monday 8 November
The ABC of media cuts
Call it resource reallocation, call it dwindling media budgets, but there’s no doubt that the ABCs of the world are suffering.
Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Sunday 14 November
Why India needs to go soft
With President Barack Obama having left town, it’s time for India to deal with the consequences of its three-night stand with the United States.
Business / Sport
Monocolumn
Friday 24 September
Commonwealth debacle – part of a national tradition
The last-minute scramble to get everything ready for next week’s Commonwealth Games in Delhi is hardly unusual in India: a final push involving everyone in the village, plus the guests, to get arrangements finished is so…
Affairs / Economics
Monocolumn
Thursday 7 July
Delhi: Kerala's embarrassment of riches
Hindu temples, predominantly in southern India, are rich beyond compare
Affairs / Aviation
Monocolumn
Tuesday 14 December
Pressures weigh up on Air India
Could a “fat-suit” contribute to the demise of India’s once-proud state-owned airline, Air India?
Affairs / Music
Monocolumn
Wednesday 16 December
Splitting headache for India
The Indian government may have got more than it bargained for when last week it agreed to the demands of the Telugu-speaking people in Andhra Pradesh to have their own state.