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Mint Lounge: Indigenous food
In the effort to serve up history while infusing it with storytelling, chefs are mining journals and literature, meeting home cooks and local eatery owners, and tracing little known ingredients and recipes.
Hindustan Times: Artists in Bangalore
Even though I have lived in Bangalore for nearly 20 years, there are certain parts of the city that are inaccessible to me, mostly because I did not grow up here.
Hotel Review: andBeyond Bhutan
This is the first Asian outlet from andBeyond and, while more Asian properties are in the works, Punakha River Lodge has set a high benchmark.
Hindustan Times: tribal goddesses
A long time ago, my friend Gauri Acharya took me to see a fire-walking ceremony. I have never forgotten it and this post is based on that experience. Check out the photos
Enchanted by Namma Bangalore
As A Proud Bangalorean, I Was Enchanted By ‘Namma Bangalore’ In the bustling heart of Bangalore, where the traffic [...]
Hindustan Times: Jungian psychology
For the last decade three areas have dominated my life: psychology, mythology and nature.
Wisdom Circle: Spending Money
In my thirties, I used to gather with a group of friends. The most frequent topic of discussion was how much we needed to save in order to retire.
Coonoor & Co: The Art of Perfume
Here is a piece I wrote about perfumes and perfumery for Coonoor & Co, a platform founded and run by my friend, Ramya Reddy. Please click on the link given in the story and read it in the Coonoor & Co website-- the visuals are beautiful.
Hindustan Times Edit Page: Carnatic music
T.M. Krishna fancies himself as a revolutionary, but he is an inconsistent reactionary whose argument is “anti-whatever the norm is” rather than cogently thinking through the evolution of music.
Hindustan Times: The trouble with Indian cocktails
The problem with creating cocktails in India is that we have too many ingredients available to us. For an imaginative mixologist, this throws up a dizzying array of choices and not all of them good.
Hindustan Times: The good life as per Indic thought
Is there an Indic approach to leading a good life? Not Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics which is the western notion of a good life.