Dawns Over Petersburg

A run through the enlightened despots who ruled the Russian empire

Man Who Stayed In The Cold

A complex, ambiguous world where the laws of gravity work slightly differently

Goa Restaurant: Thalassa

Serves the best Greek meal east of Mykonos.

Thinking Global, Eating Local

Tapri’s USP is its surprisingly extensive chai menu, covering over 40 different varieties

Slurping And Schlooping

Good old spaghetti is probably one of the most sensory and pleasurable eating experiences in any culinary...

Macau Diary

Almost every Las Vegas company has built a casino in Macau—swankier than the original—and their earnings...

In A Lagan Nu Custard

This is a place designed for only one thing, and that is the serious enjoyment of food.

“Help, The Termites Are Spreading”

The grotesque, the barbaric and the kiss of death.

In Amitav’s Thriving World

Kim Ling’s food is reminiscent of the theme of Ghosh's Ibis trilogy, being a cultural collision of Chinese...

Stagecraft Was One Job

How an abrasive genius wisened up, learnt to respect talent and lead a creative cohort towards great things

The Irresistible Rise Of The How To

A rehashing of top CEO profiles leads up to the pieces de resistance: inspiring quotes

A PP Meal For Our Ex-Ed

Vinod Mehta was a champion of small, unpretentious, bullshit-free eating joints...

Multi-Cuisine A La Mode

Johnathan's Kitchen is essentially what used to be called a 'multi-cuisine' restaurant, except that they do...

A Glitazar In The Sky

Harvard Diary

Harvard was founded in 1636, while Galileo was still alive, and academia believed the sun revolved around the...

A Cantata For Cantare

A charming joint housed in an old Portuguese-style home, down the lane from where artist F.N. Souza once...

In Defence Of Completeness

A talented Bangladeshi mathematician’s incredible sad story includes, as in Sebald and Eco, many worlds

SMS Audacious

In 1914, a lone German warship spread terror and bombed Madras

Last Man In The Tower

A scholarly investigation into the top-sec­ret visit of Rudolf Hess, Hitler’s second-in-command, to...

Pilgrimage To Triplicane

The ‘Crown of South India’ is a sprawling two-storey maze of eating and cooking spaces, wafting the...