Well, no, for several reasons. First, President Murmu has gone public in a way that no president in history (at least none that I can recall) ever has. Generally, such conflicts are kept out of public ...

I always judge Dum Pukth-style restaurants on the basis of three dishes: mutton biryani, Kakori Kabab and yellow dal (not the Bukhara black dal that everyone now copies.) In my experience the ITC ...

There is much to learn from Dubai. It faced a situation over which it had no control and where attacks could come at any time. But it coped magnificently because of the quality of its leadership.

Let’s start with the Congress. The party has reason to be bitter about Kejriwal who in the days of the ironically named India Against Corruption movement levelled all kinds of irresponsible charges ...

My last meal there had so little in common with the first one that it was almost as though a different chef was cooking. The food was very good: full of flavour and dishes seemed simple and ...

The argument against its removal runs like this: it’s all very well to remove reminders of Raj oppressors such as Viceroys, Generals and Governors but why extend this principle to architects? Lutyens ...

Did the gatekeepers at the AI Summit decide that they needed to be Gatekeepers? Was Bill Gates told that he would not be welcome at a Summit that is already reeling from controversy after controversy?

For reasons that are not entirely clear to me, my X feed is full of people discussing ‘hacks’ on how to get access to a hotel breakfast buffet without paying for it. Inevitably there are others ...

In November 2024 I wrote in this column about the imminent arrival of weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro and how they would change the world. The first and most immediate effect, I predicted, ...

I have been reading so much about the glory days of travel when resorts were not over run by tourists; when airports were not the obstacle courses they have now become; when air travel was glamorous; ...

Here’s something to ponder over. Last year India attracted 6.2 million foreign tourists. Sri Lanka attracted around 2.35 million visitors. To put this in context consider the difference in size ...