kaushik.dasgupta@expressindia.com

February 24,2019 06:00:14 AM
There’s only one way to tame mustard oil — with deference.
Sun, Feb 24, 2019
February 23,2019 22:24:17 PM
A sharp overview of India’s recent history with its heightened interplay between media and politics.
Sat, Feb 23, 2019
February 21,2019 00:52:05 AM
Like many other debates in gastronomy, the one on the hilsa, too, is about the seamlessness of legend and myth, ecology, history, and culture.
Thu, Feb 21, 2019
February 10,2019 06:00:47 AM
Making Magic: Literally “new jaggery,” nolen gur is extracted from date palm. At dusk, men whose nimble limbs would put any acrobat to shame, scale the trees to cleave a thin slice of the trunk.
Sun, Feb 10, 2019
January 20,2019 06:00:41 AM
In the predominantly Punjabi neighbourhood where we spent most of our childhood, the festivities would be announced with drumbeats and bonfires into which peanuts and popcorn were thrown in as ritual oblation. But, for long, we did not really know what the fervour was all about.
Sun, Jan 20, 2019
January 06,2019 06:00:34 AM
And why food can’t live in a time warp.
Sun, Jan 06, 2019
December 23,2018 06:00:55 AM
Can there be a Christmas meal without cake? The Christmas meal is among the rare times in the year when the extended family meet at the dinner table.
Sun, Dec 23, 2018
December 09,2018 06:00:55 AM
A dish is much more than a perfect combination of ingredients acted upon by fire, it is also to do with memories, history and geography.
Sun, Dec 09, 2018
November 10,2018 00:46:58 AM
In his autobiography, Alan Wilkins explores the changing face of cricket with empathy and self-deprecating humour
Sat, Nov 10, 2018
May 08,2018 00:39:21 AM
Indian society lives in the shadow of Partition even today. The search for the “real culprits” behind the division of India continues. And prima facie, Jinnah seems to fit the bill.
Tue, May 08, 2018
February 26,2018 00:04:33 AM
Moral desirability of organ donation must be balanced against the coercion that altruism usually carries in unequal societies.
Mon, Feb 26, 2018
November 17,2017 00:30:43 AM
Whether in Bengal or Odisha, the rosogolla is a product of artisanal inventiveness. An authenticity debate, a GI tag, spoil the taste.
Fri, Nov 17, 2017
November 06,2017 01:15:37 AM
Khichdi fans are legion — from Mughal emperor Aurangzeb to Michelin-star chefs
Mon, Nov 06, 2017
June 27,2017 00:34:14 AM
Pati did not just share his love for history, he also drew many of us into his passion for a more humane society — in his case, the two were perhaps inextricable. His affability sometimes showed up in unexpected ways.
Tue, Jun 27, 2017
May 12,2017 00:05:57 AM
Ganga and Yamuna are legal persons now. What does this mean for these cesspools of pollutants, still revered by people, but which have lost any connect to their lived experiences?
Fri, May 12, 2017
January 28,2017 00:20:52 AM
Examining the state’s shameful record in the 1989 Bhagalpur and 2002 Gujarat riots
Sat, Jan 28, 2017
October 15,2016 00:56:18 AM
A riveting account of a beverage that originated in China and Japan and went on to become a global favourite
Sat, Oct 15, 2016
July 23,2016 04:01:41 AM
Taste is inextricable from ideologies and imaginations — it raises important questions about culture, power, hierarchy, gender relations, ecology and nutrition
Sat, Jul 23, 2016





