By then the Maldives was fully into the After phase and well on its way to becoming the playground of the rich. Now, room ...

Bangkok’s Minor group now has 640 hotels in over 60 countries and its luxury brand Anantara has a strong presence in Europe and the Middle East. And yet, despite the reputation of the Thais as being ...

But the tragedy of the Iran war and in fact, of the whole Trump Presidency holds lessons for us all. Don’t personalise ...

So do go ahead and try hot honey. I reckon the fad has about a couple of years to run. But never forget that the true hero of this story is the bee and the miles it flies through the air searching out ...

So, how do chefs learn? In France the tradition has always been that young chefs apprentice themselves to great chefs and learn on the job. That’s how Bocuse or later, Joel Robuchon, learned how to ...

If you have been following the furore over the price of tomatoes, you will note that reporters and political analysts often refer to tomatoes as a basic staple of Indian cooking and the food of the ...

Bukhara, which will begin celebrating its 45th anniversary this weekend, is now the most famous Indian restaurant in the world. Nearly every US President since Bill Clinton has eaten Bukhara’s food.

So, few tears were shed for him in his own country. None of the commentary pieces I read in the North American press said that his departure was a loss for Canada. Most of the articles tried instead ...

How did you feel when you heard that Gen. Pervez Musharraf had died? Were you sad? Were you overjoyed? Did you feel a tinge of sorrow and regret? Or did you find it hard to control your jubilation?

Every single time, I interviewed Amarinder Singh when he was chief minister of Punjab, he came back, again and again, to the same point. There was, he said, a concerted attempt to revive the Khalistan ...

How will future generations remember our Prime Ministers? This is not a question about serious historical analysis but one about the rewriting and framing of history. It is no secret that for the last ...

Among the many things that surprise me about Thailand, and Bangkok in particular, is how nothing stops the world from visiting. I have been writing about Thailand regularly for nearly four decades and ...