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Shylashri Shankar

Shylashri Shankar is the author of Turmeric Nation - A Passage Through India's Tastes

Snapna Thirumanjanam, the bathing ritual at Tirumala on the first day of the spring festival
Books
God’s Kitchen: Celestial Palate

A report from God’s kitchen explains how Lord Venkateshwara is fed

22 March 2017
The Disputed Ancestry of Taste
A Moveable Feast
The Disputed Ancestry of Taste

Who will choose the winner in vegetables versus meat?

22 February 2017
In the Garden of Earthly Delights
A Moveable Feast
In the Garden of Earthly Delights

In pursuit of the perfect body and mind, we forget to feed the soul

18 January 2017
A Coffee Break in Tradition
A Moveable Feast
A Coffee Break in Tradition

A retro coffee house in Chennai as a cultural statement

14 December 2016
Does Food Have a Religion?
A Moveable Feast
Does Food Have a Religion?

Coming to terms with culinary Hinduism

16 November 2016
The Beautiful Blood Ceremony
Books
The Beautiful Blood Ceremony

What the best of Japanese noir says about democracy, authenticity and the nation

16 November 2016
Of Pain and Palate
A Moveable Feast
Of Pain and Palate

An epidemic can take us back to the traditional wisdom on what we eat

12 October 2016
Manish Dayal and Helen Mirren in The Hundred-Foot Journey
Food
Mise-en-Cuisine

Eating scenes in films embody conflict or cooperation between the characters, inform or assign an individual or family’s place in society

01 September 2016
Sleeping Dogs | Thomas Mogford | Bloomsbury | Pages 256 | Rs 499
Books
Mind Games

A country house murder, the dreaded secret service in East Berlin, and a policeman in future Italy—mysteries stretch boundaries

17 August 2016
An engraving of tea being served at a 19th century London home
Society
Reading Tea Leaves

If diversity and pluralism is at the core of Indian gastronomic culture, tea is the defining symbol of British identity

27 July 2016

Authors

Brahma Chellaney

Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground

MJ Akbar

MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns

Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav is president, India Foundation, and is with BJP

Makarand R Paranjape

Makarand R Paranjape is an author and columnist. Views are personal.

TCA Raghavan

TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle

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