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Sandip Roy: The unpretentious love of my indie dog

New Delhi, Aug. 23 -- Get a street dog, they told us. They are hardy with great immunity unlike those pampered foreign breeds. Our indie Chutney eats grain-free lamb and apple meals, gluten-free high-... Read More


A language can be enjoyed even without understanding it

New Delhi, Aug. 2 -- It looked and smelled like many other Indian markets. I could smell the jackfruit and guava, ripe and intoxicating. Women sold strands of white jasmine flowers and pink lotuses. A... Read More


Civilisation is always in the eye of the beholder

New Delhi, July 18 -- At lunch they forgot the cutlery. To be fair, my partner Bishan and I had arrived after normal lunch hours. But the gracious hotel, housed in a beautifully restored 17th century... Read More


Sandip Roy: When eating with one's fingers becomes a civilizational debate

New Delhi, July 18 -- At lunch they forgot the cutlery. To be fair, my partner Bishan and I had arrived after normal lunch hours. But the gracious hotel, housed in a beautifully restored 17th century... Read More


Like most great love stories, the mango is all about pining

New Delhi, July 5 -- My friend N turned out to be a mango smuggler. His family owned a mango orchard in Tamil Nadu. The Imam Pasand mangoes from that orchard were the stuff of family legend. But N ra... Read More


World Music Day: When mixtapes were a labour of love

New Delhi, June 21 -- With age, my mother slowly started to lose her hearing. A few weeks before she died, she suddenly started hearing songs. Entire songs. "Can't you hear them?" she asked us perpl... Read More


My mother, the family's memory-keeper

New Delhi, June 6 -- After a great-aunt died, my mother read a little tribute I wrote for her and said wistfully, "You're the writer in the family. Perhaps you'll write something like that for me afte... Read More