Column: The Good Life: for Mint Lounge
Mint Lounge: Ladakh Cover Story
How my family and I went to Ladakh without a smartphone for ten days. And lived to tell the tale.
Hindustan Times: Rain in Malenadu
In Malenadu, they have specific links to the rain stars, a localised weather system that helps farmers sow seeds or harvest.
Hindustan Times: Fish in Kammanahalli
On any given Saturday morning in the tree-lined avenues of Kammanahalli, there will be fish to buy.
Hindustan Times: Independence Day & Food
Doff your Mysore peta to Benjamin Lewis Rice, the administrator-turned antiquarian/ historian who documented our state.
Hindustan Times: Sugarcane in culture
It is the month of Aashada or Aadi (mid July to mid August). Sugarcane and verse commingle.
Hindustan Times: Sugarcane Crushing
Right about now, Operation “Sugar-Crushing” will begin in Mandya, just outside Bangalore.
Hindustan Times: Monsoon Rain
In early June, Bengaluru braces for the monsoon, which, in our sorry city, means water-clogged roads and flooding.
Hindustan Times: where does the CM eat?
Where does Karnataka’s new chief minister DK. Shivakumar, who is a vegetarian, like to eat? Food choices do play some role in his public persona.
Hindustan Times: Jolada Rotti meal
If you ask Bangalore chefs where they go to get a taste of Karnataka, they will likely point to one of the Khanavalis.
Hindustan Times: MTR Foods
I first wrote about MTR in the year 2000. I spent a few days at MTR near Lal Bagh interviewing their chefs and hanging about the kitchen.