Punjabi cuisine, like its people and culture, is varied and colourful. At chill, you are spoilt for choice. When you think of Punjabi dishes, what comes to your mind? Butter chicken? Or sarson da saag and makki ki roti? The thing is, Punjabi cuisine, just like its people and culture, is varied and colourful. I was [...]
I have passed Chopsticks scores of times, but never once did I feel I must step in. For the first two years in this City my dinner had been Chinese from “bundies” at unearthly hours and as time passed by I made a conscious effort to avoid it — tasty though it is, I found [...]
Hyderabad boy Naveen Puligilla is driven by the love for speed. He is an amateur and does not have many racing accolades under his belt, but his passion has not failed him, for he has been picked as one of the 20 racers at this year’s Volkswagen Polo Cup. The fastest he has driven is 250km per [...]
Come to think of it — an all women’s golf group? Not that women wielding irons are an anomaly today; women’s golfing on the world scene is big and in India it is catching up. Most golf groups are made up of men and those with a member from the fairer sex, though rare, are [...]
Imran Ahmed’s story could be any immigrant’s, but what’s wonderful is how it’s told: with humour and good taste. There is a little boy’s picture dressed in a suit on the front cover of The Perfect Gentlemen: A Muslim boy meets the West. That dashing nipper is the author, Imran Ahmed, himself, dressed for the [...]
…Or a new beginning? As Amish Tripathi’s Shiva trilogy comes to an end with The Oath of The Vayuputras, he has already bagged a `5 crore advance for his next series. The voice that says “Hi, buddy” to me is tired and friendly. He has been travelling around for promotions of the book that marks [...]
There are many layers to Debashish Bhattacharya, the Indian lap slide guitar maestro. He started to play at the age of three; Debashish, now at 40, says music is the cure to many of the ills of the world, lack of love and the path to consciousness.
History says Alexander Malcolm Jacob was the man behind the botched sale of the Imperial, a diamond bigger than the Koh-i-noor, to the Nizam of Hyderabad. But was he just that, or was there more to this man than meets the eye? Indeed, he’s mysterious; more than mysterious, curious. What else can be said of [...]
As part of the Chinese New Year celebrations Golden Dragon Master Chef Hung Fong Ng at Taj Krishna has crafted an array of traditional delicacies apart from the usual.
Author John Zubrzycki goes beyond what is obvious in a person to delve into the depths and bring out a story that can leave readers stunned. Alexander Malcolm Jacob was truly a man of many roles. Wikipedia searches reveal that he was born in Turkey, sold as a slave at 10, was well versed in Eastern [...]
It’s David vs Goliath as Rajasthan take on Mumbai’s might
Kolkata: They have shown remarkable fighting spirit despite the demoralising spot-fixing scandal and the Rajasthan Royals will now look to upstage the mighty Mumbai Indians in the second qualifier here tomorrow to book, what would be, a dream final berth in the Pepsi IPL. On paper, Mumbai Indians may appear stronger but Rajasthan will be [...]
21 lawmakers back Chandigarh-born as top US judge
Washington: Ahead of an expected Senate vote on the nomination of Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth ‘Sri’ Srinivasan to a top US court, 21 lawmakers have penned their support for him. Srinivasan, 46, currently principal deputy solicitor general of the US last week won unanimous approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee for his nomination as [...]
It was like bereavement: Dravid on spot-fixing
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid says dealing with the turmoil caused by the spot-fixing scandal, which has left his team’s reputation in tatters, has turned out to be as tough as handling “bereavement in some ways”. “I would not lie it was a very tough phase for us. It was a blow to [...]
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The final kick-off for passion
Tonight the football season will finally come to a close with the Champions League final being played at Wembley stadium. It’s been a tumultuous season for all the wrong reasons. The four big leagues were wrapped up early: Manchester United in the EPL, Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, Juventus in Serie A and Barcelona in [...]
Earlier this week, I received an email about the Gayatri Mantra being proven to be the most divine and powerful hymn in the world. An American scientist called Dr Howard Steingeril is said to have collected hymns, prayers, mantras and invocations from all over the world and from all religions. He tested these for sound [...]
Reporter’s diary: Waste not flowers
A flower is most beautiful when it is in the garden, like a deer or a lamb seen in its natural habitat. If this wisdom is known to the mayor and the GHMC, they would not have wasted several hundred lovely flowers at the function declaring the GHMC’s plan to open 14 biodiversity parks on [...]
Reporter’s diary: Bravo, Naidu
TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu is a visionary. Few will doubt this considering what he did to give Hyderabad a modern face, and many of his welfare schemes are now implemented (of course, renamed after Rajiv Gandhi or Indira Gandhi). But many could not understand his logic of asking for a ban of `500 and `1,000 [...]
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