Why the Portuguese administrators in India tried to stop the handover of Bombay to the British

In return for the ‘seven islands’ and other privileges, England had made many promises to Lisbon, not all of which it kept.

Luis Dias

· Jun 10, 2021 · 11:30 am

While touring the US, Ravi Shankar left a gentle footprint on jazz

The sitarist wasn’t a jazz musician, nor did he claim to be one. But his music informed the work of many jazz greats.

Raquel Rodriguez

· Jun 06, 2021 · 11:30 am

When Vanraj Bhatia asked me to mail his opera DVD and resume to the world’s major opera houses

In an interview in early 2013, the great music composer professed to me his love affair with opera and shared his earnest hopes.

Luis Dias

· May 25, 2021 · 11:30 am

Tracing the overlapping lives of my great-grandfather and one of the heroes of the Bombay Plague

Dr Miguel Caetano Dias and Dr Acacio Gabriel Viegas had a lot in common, not least their zealous effort to save lives during the Bubonic plague.

Luis Dias

· Apr 28, 2021 · 11:30 am

How classical music set the stage for jazz in Chick Corea’s life

While pushing the boundaries of jazz, the towering pianist never abandoned the world of classical music.

Luis Dias

· Mar 04, 2021 · 11:30 am

Cooking wild boar? A recipe book from the palaces of Nepal’s Rana dynasty shows how

An excerpt from Rohini Rana’s ‘The Rana Cookbook: Recipes from the Palaces of Nepal’.

Rohini Rana

· Mar 03, 2021 · 11:30 am

Why are Indians so preoccupied with what Nagas eat, whether it is dogs, bats or falcons?

Debates about Naga food overlook the perspective that situates it in relation to other aspects of their cultural and political life.

Elspeth Iralu

· Feb 22, 2021 · 11:30 am

This memoir blends together recipes with sweet and sour memories of Shillong

An excerpt from ‘Spiced, Smoked, Pickled, Preserved: Recipes and Reminiscences from India’s Eastern Hills’ by Indranee Ghosh.

Indranee Ghosh

· Feb 19, 2021 · 11:30 am

Photo essay: India’s precious wildlife is drowning and dying in our filth

Jackals licking styrofoam plates and elephants eating plastic. An Instagram project connects the dots between waste management and wildlife conservation.

Cara Tejpal

· Feb 12, 2021 · 10:30 am

Why Indian chefs and restaurants must come out in support of the farmer protests

The agriculture laws won’t just change what we grow. It will also affect what we eat.

Raghav Simha

· Feb 08, 2021 · 11:30 am

Is golgappa better than paani puri and phuchka? That is the wrong question to ask

Instead what we should be asking is: when and how did the golgappa lose its sophistication?

Anoothi Vishal

· Feb 02, 2021 · 11:30 am

A centuries-old kebab tells the story of the richness of Lucknow’s Awadhi food

When cooks couldn’t shape individual kebabs for enormous groups of people, they came up with a solution: a kebab that is a paste.

Priyali Prakash

· Dec 23, 2020 · 11:30 am