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Destinasian Magazine: Indian craft chocolate
This post is about the flowering of Indian craft chocolate using local ingredients. Really lovely to see an idli-grinder as part of the chocolate making process. The article began after a trip to West Godavari district to see how Manam chocolate works with farmers to harvest and make artisanal chocolate.
WisdomCircle: how much money
When I was at the Columbia Journalism program in 1995, two professors invited a bunch of us students to their apartment for dinner. After a few drinks, one students asked— what’s the number? How much do you need to live like this?
Hindustan Times: Spectacular Street Fairs
Karnataka, like many Indian states has over 1000 village fairs that take place throughout the year. Most are linked to season or festivals. Bangalore is a miniature in this area and has a whole host of fairs that happen within the city. This piece is about the spectacular street fairs.
Namma Bangalore in FT
About Bangalore in FT. And I am quoted in it.
Namma Bangalore: Rubi Chakravarty’s take
Here is a take on the launch at The Oberoi Bengaluru from self-described "funny girl" Rubi Chakravarti.
Hindustan Times: Goa versus Bangalore
What does it take for a city to catalyze creativity? Which are the global cities known to foster a creative ferment—like Florence did in the 15th century? In India, only five cities are mentioned in UNESCO’s list of Creative Cities.
Wisdom Circle: What does your soul want?
What are you going to do with the rest of your life? These are questions for the ages; questions that every religion attempts to answer. At the same time, these are urgent, immediate questions that each of us contend with every single day.
Deccan Herald on Namma Bangalore at the Bangalore Literature Festival
Where I spoke about the Kannada language and how it shaped my experience of Bangalore.
Hindustan Times: On ageing
There is no single blueprint for ageing well. There are whacko schemes like tech entrepreneur Brian Johnson touting his “longevity mix” (also called Blueprint) as being second only to mother’s milk.
Hindustan Times: Is kaali-dal the McDonalds of North Indian food?
To me, the next bastion of North Indian food is to look to the light flavours of U.P vegetarian food
For India Currents: on dance
About a dance theater production based on my book, Food & Faith