Are you hesitant about choosing a wine to accompany spicy Indian food? Many people avoid choosing wine in an Indian restaurant, even when there are choices that work well with spicy food. Among Asian cuisines, Indian food probably has the greatest notoriety for being hard to match with wine. Its complex layering of spices and [...]
1. What made you want to become a lawyer?
The reason I wanted to be a lawyer is twofold, firstly my father always wanted to be a lawyer – he had a lawyer like mind and would often assist members of the community in Court. The second reason is that I see the Courts as a [...]
From Suvir Saran’s Indian Home Cooking: A Fresh Introduction to Indian Food, with More Than 150 Recipes (Clarkson Potter/Publishers)
This dish is from the southern Indian coastal state of Karnataka, where seafood is an important part of the diet. The shrimp has extraordinary flavor. I sometimes vary the recipe by adding 1 1/2 tablespoons unsweetened shredded [...]
When one thinks of a Karate Kid, you instantaneously conjure up memories of watching the 1980’s film where Ralph Macchio learns how to deal with the hard knocks of teenage life with Karate from his demure Sensei, Pat Morito.
Times have changed and our star athlete this month, Jusleen Virk proves she not only has athleticism, [...]
It is hard to believe that a small nation located on a craggy island in northwestern Europe has been the seat of many powerful kingdoms and once controlled an empire that stretched the globe. As whispers of bygone eras echo through the magnificent ruins, restored palaces, cobblestone streets, and cherished institutions of Great Britain, one [...]
From American Masala: 125 New Classics From My Home Kitchen by Suvir Saran with Raquel Pelzel (Clarkson Potter/Publishers, October 2007)
Serves 4
This isn’t a traditional recipe, but something Panditji, my family’s Brahman chef, and I came up with when I was 10 years old. Originally we slit the okra in half lengthwise and marinated it with [...]
In the available information world that we are living in, there are a million ways to connect to an audience. In addition, our filmmakers are coming up with innovative methods to promote their films. Remember Ghajni – how Aamir got the ushers at multiplexes to spot Ghajni hairstyle.
Another movie is up for promotion and how [...]
Now this is hardly a piece of exciting news, or is it? Fame can do strange things and Frieda is no exception. Straight from Mumbai suburbs to the scaling Hollywood heights, Freida is rubbing shoulders with the high and mighty of Hollywood in a just one film, where she did not have that much to [...]
This was a much-awaited film from the critically acclaimed Rang De Basanti director, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. Unfortunately, Mehra fails to create the same magic. Not that this is a bad film just that it tries to bite off more than it can chew.
Roshan (Abhishek Bachchan) takes on the responsibility of bringing his ‘dadi’ (Waheeda Rehman) [...]
This story has its roots in Indian mythology and isabout the friendship between Krishna and Sudama. In the modern version it is about the friendship of a top movie star and a poor village barber.
Budbuda, a small albeit an imaginary village in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh is suddenly woken up from its reverie [...]
