Column: The Good Life: for Mint Lounge
New York Times: Essay award
Sometime in 1998, the New York Times announced an essay competition in its pages. I submitted an essay which won the award and launched my food-writing career
Maheshwar for Mint Lounge
The sound is like a heartbeat; the rhythmic click-clack of looms– seemingly– with no beginning or end, much like the flowing Narmada nearby.
New York Times | Internet Wake
AUNT SHEILA was dead. Although my family does not hold wakes by religious tradition (we are Hindu), my grandfather had picked up the practice from his British boss in India and instituted it in our family.
New York Times | Male Chefs on TV
As a woman, I know that making others feel good must be programmed in our genes, and Ms. Moulton acknowledges that. ''I'd say self-deprecation is a female trait,'' she said.
Hindustan Times | Yugadi or New Year
“The first thing we do on Yugadi is bring the new panchangam home and read it,” says Sree Gururaja. The Bangalorean talks about the customs that she continues to uphold.
New York Times | Train Travel
What makes train travel special for Indians? Almost every station in India sells a regional specialty that causes passengers to dart on and off of trains.
Hindustan Times | The Mandya equation
Why are Kannadigas in particular and South Indians in general obsessed with jaggery? Is it because sugarcane is widely available in the region? Is it that South Indians like the dry and crumbly flavour of jaggery?
Hindustan Times | Bangalore’s lingua franca
Why is Bangalore in love with Italian food? Why do we choose this cuisine above all else, to eat in restaurants, serve at home and make for our kids? We no longer think of it as exotic.
Hindustan Times | Valentine’s Day
Where do the city's singles go to have fun and meet dates? She laughed but proceeded to list a number of places – restaurants, clubs, bars, speakeasies, but the one that stuck was Watsons.
Indian Express feature on my work
Thank you, Arnav Chandrasekhar, of the Indian Express, for this nice feature of my work with a cool headline!