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Shylashri Shankar

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

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
Vikas Khanna
Art & Culture
Is There a Tyranny of the Tasting Menu?

We want a symphony on a plate but there aren’t many chefs who can deliver

15 June 2016
Woman of the Dead
Books
Crime and Nourishment

Our contributor offers a noir formula to thriller seekers

27 May 2016
Eater or the Eaten?
Voices
Eater or the Eaten?

The relationship between food and attaining perfection continues to bedevil modern-day existence

19 May 2016
Stieg Larsson
Books
Gone Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Is Nordic Noir past its gory days?

27 April 2016

Authors

Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Pratap Bhanu Mehta is one of India’s most influential columnists and public intellectuals

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 a member of the National Executive of RSS and a founding member of the governing council of India Foundation. He is the author of, among other titles, Partitioned Freedom and The Hindutva Paradigm

Makarand R Paranjape

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

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