Lucknow lessons, and the maze of public relief
When I was growing up, we all knew families that were on the way down. Once prosperous or even wealthy,...
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Some do savings, some do shami
The best batata bhaji I ever had was on a train from Hyderabad to Delhi. I had been smelling it...
One Chineej, many Chinas
I was six when I first tasted Chinese food. Pigeon Roast in a restaurant called Eros, at the edge of...
The promises of elusive maharanis, and no-strings-attached money
I must have been six or seven when for the first and probably last time, my parents were invited to...
Memories of ma, and the sweet melange of ghonto
I was in Kolkata for pujo this year and since my mother’s cook was on leave, I picked a restaurant...
Memories of ma, and the sweet melange of ghonto
I was in Kolkata for pujo this year and since my mother’s cook was on leave, I picked a restaurant...
Cooking for comfort in a crisis time
Abhijit Banerjee Cooking, and eating, are often on Abhijit Banerjee's mind. But for the Nobel-winning economist, what starts with planning...
Wet dhotis, satin shirts and pujor bhog
My great-great-grandfather is one of the figures that most families probably have (or need to invent), whose impractical ways lost...
Small bites and big bets: The challenge of philanthropy
It was the first time I had been invited to the kind of reception where important people go to meet...