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India's veg diplomacy: Why PM's all-vegetarian banquets challenge global dining normsIndia is redefining official banquets by serving only vegetarian cuisine, challenging global dining norms. Critics label it an imposition, ...
Born before India’s Independence: 7 desi brands that we keep on lovingIndia Independence Day 2025: From humble beginnings before India's independence to navigating the complexities of globalization, several ic...
IndiaLust, it’s sensational: How Indians are rediscovering their country through authenticity and global standardsFueled by rising affluence and a desire for authentic experiences, India's consumer economy, dubbed 'IndiaLust,' is booming. Brands are res...
Branded as tasteful, we can serve it upIndia's diverse culinary heritage needs protection from globalization. The article proposes a system of geographical indication and standar...
Don’t kill jalebis & rasgullas in nutrition overdriveThe piece questions whether a state agency like the National Institute of Nutrition should dictate the content of traditional foods, arguin...
God save them from bhut jolokiaThe first consignment of the world’s hottest pepper is off from Nagaland to London
Truly Punjabi: Cuisine relies more on freshness, quality of ingredients than masalas & complicated recipesKulchas are to Amritsar what croissants are to Paris. Every hole-in-the-wall eatery has its own version.
Why city slickers want bathua and lal saag on their dining tableFrom millets to bathua, jhakia to lal saag, interest in local ingredients, organic produce and sustainable dining is at a high.
A more cosmopolitan Indian palate is eager to assimilate keema-pav and ghee roastIndian cuisines are a function of geography, history and sociology. Factors like region, religion, caste and class have all gone into the m...
Desi restaurants going overseas to cater not just to diaspora but to global audienceIndian cuisine is becoming more contemporary and the players are fine-tuning their approach in terms of taste, flavour and presentation to ...
Ritesh Jain’s what I read this week: Bond bubble, globalisation disconnectAs digital natives grow older and as the P2P lending industry matures and gains credibility, it may gradually erode the conventional lendin...
Indian diners looking for inventive food formats; but retain fixation with indigenous flavoursDespite the tendency to play safe, the much reviled reluctance to go beyond paneer and (boneless) chicken, and despite the success of me-to...
Budget 2014: BJP must adhere to a fiscal roadmap; not emulate UPA's opportunistic shifting of milestonesThe roadmap will have to be based on realistic assumptions of revenue & expenditure, not conveniently optimistic estimates of revenue & und...
How two former i-bankers of Indian origin are re-engineering dosas to please American palateThe Soho dosas will be much thicker and have fillings such as lemon rice, soya, chicken, beef and fish. They will be served with different ...
- Premium food exports fall on rising local demand
Middle India's growing ability to indulge its palate is rapidly pushing up domestic demand for premium foods.
- Taste World
For centuries, travellers have aided the spread of food cultures. The availability of good desi khana abroad should not draw us away now fr...
- A matter of taste: What tickles the Indian palate
The move by the IGNOU to offer courses in Indian gastronomy and regional cuisines is welcome.
- Cisco to recast operations, drive innovations for emerging mkts
In one of the biggest changes since networking major Cisco set up a second global headquarters in India, the multinational is reorganising ...
- It's time marketers explored community-specific consumer segments
India has large regional and religious communities that present sizeable cultural segments that can be targeted by marketers as specific co...
- Chowpatty's kulfi travels to the US
Kulfis, the milky, hard-frozen ice-creams familiar to us from the slices or conical sticks sold in cities like Mumbai by UP’s dairymen ever...