Bon appetit! 9-yr-old Shreya wows Obamas with 'garam masala' burger

A 9-year-old Indian-American girl floored the Obamas by serving them a Quinoa burger with raita, enhanced with ‘garam masala’, cumin and ginger.  Shreya is pleasantly surprised......

Nestle and the Billa-Ranga syndrome

Just as Billa-Ranga had become symbols of everything that was wrong with the system many years ago, Nestle is now portrayed as the wickedest of the wicked. Every known food crime in India is now......

Five-star hotels line up special menus to beat Covid blues

These hotels are crafting menus that are not only high on health quotient, but also have food capable of improving the mood. In 2020, after the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, several five-star......

'We have been a bit like a fast tortoise'

'My biggest contribution is the creation of the first 'modern Indian law firm',' Cyril Shroff tells Sudipto Dey.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com On a Saturday afternoon, a few minutes past......

Why India's telecom secretary feels like a chess player

'I feel more like a chess player, thinking for long hours how to make the next move," Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan tells Surajeet Das Gupta.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com She says......

'You can't fault this government for what it's done...'

'… You may fault it for what it's not done.' Srei Infrastructure's vice-chairman -- and former Assocham president -- Sunil Kanoria discusses the Kanoria businesses and his impression of the......

What's in Katrina's dabba? She tells us

When Twinkle Khanna asked her celebrity friends what was in their dabba, everyone wrote in and sent their recipes as well. While Akshay's dabba had avocado on toast and chia pudding, Malaika Arora......

The War Review

War is an ode to star power, which pits Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff together for the first time and capitalises on their famous idol-idoliser energy to draw us into a world of espionage, action......

'I would love to play Kiran Bedi or P T Usha'

'Lots of Indians are not eating healthy.''They eat lot of carbs, eat late, and use sugar unnecessarily.' A rising career was cut short after Pooja Batra married, left for the US, divorced,......

'My friendship with Anil Kapoor has survived over 30 years'

'Anil Kapoor is driven as no other I know in this profession.' 'He has a sharp sense of making the right choices. Even at the height of his herogiri, he realised that if he had to......

I never claimed to be vegan, says Kohli

IMAGE: Virat Kohli gave up eating meat in 2018. Photograph: Kind courtesy Virat Kohli/Instagram   Virat Kohli sought to clarify the controversy regarding his diet after fans questioned him......

How Kohli deals with trolls

Photograph: Daniel Kalisz/Getty Images   Virat Kohli is only the fourth athlete after footballers Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Neymar to score 100 million followers on Instagram. The......