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Rude Food by Vir Sanghvi: Modern, Indian, refit

India, Jan. 16 -- Put yourself in Manish Mehrotra's shoes. You are, by common consent, India's greatest chef. At a time when modern Indian food was mostly about the Frenchified presentation preferred ... Read More


Rude Food by Vir Sanghvi: Modern, Indian, refit

India, Jan. 16 -- Put yourself in Manish Mehrotra's shoes. You are, by common consent, India's greatest chef. At a time when modern Indian food was mostly about the Frenchified presentation preferred ... Read More


Rude Travel by Vir Sanghvi: Your next vacay is loading

India, Jan. 9 -- Are you planning your holidays for the coming year? I know you have only just finished your winter vacation and the last thing you want to do is to spend more money on travelling. But... Read More


Rude Travel by Vir Sanghvi: Your next vacay is loading

India, Jan. 9 -- Are you planning your holidays for the coming year? I know you have only just finished your winter vacation and the last thing you want to do is to spend more money on travelling. But... Read More


Rude Food by Vir Sanghvi: Flavour bombs at Delhi's Street Food Festival

India, Jan. 2 -- If you have been reading this column for a while you will know that I can be a repetitive bore on the subject of street food. Indian street food has long been one of my obsessions, an... Read More


Rude Food by Vir Sanghvi: Flavour bombs at Delhi's Street Food Festival

India, Jan. 2 -- If you have been reading this column for a while you will know that I can be a repetitive bore on the subject of street food. Indian street food has long been one of my obsessions, an... Read More


Tapping into a seam of gold: The best of '75

India, Dec. 28 -- M usic was already a big part of my life in 1975. I had my father's Western classical music LPs, and Beatles, Rolling Stones and Doors records borrowed from luckier friends in Calcut... Read More


More forks than fault lines: The year in best bites

India, Dec. 28 -- It's been a so-so year for restaurants. Nothing precedent-shattering opened. Very few restaurateurs took chances. And chefs appeared to fade out and the focus shifted to bartenders, ... Read More


A whirlwind food tour: Vir Sanghvi lists stellar restaurants of 2025

India, Dec. 26 -- It's been a so-so year for restaurants. Nothing really precedent-shattering opened. Very few restaurateurs took chances. And chefs appeared to fade out and the focus shifted to barte... Read More


Rude Travel by Vir Sanghvi: A streaming success

India, Dec. 25 -- Sometimes, I think of the rupee as an old friend you could once count on, but who has now fallen on such hard times that you wonder if there is any recovery in sight. When I first st... Read More