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Wednesday, August 20, 2025
TopicFood Culture

Topic: Food Culture

Class changes how we see food. Dry fish, rice beer celebrated in restaurants, not at home

Food of economically disadvantaged groups is often ostracised. 'I’ve seen street vendors selling dried fish or fermented soybeans that are treated as though they’re dirty'.

‘Leave Rogan Josh alone’— Why Kashmiris & Palestinians are protective of their recipes

‘Forgotten Foods’, edited by Siobhan Lambert-Hurley, Tarana Husain Khan and Claire Chambers is a collection of essays and recipes. It documents the cuisine of Muslims in South Asia.

I ate the non-vegetarian Harappan meal and had no beef with it

Meat fat stock to lamb offals, the Harappan menu prepared by chef Saby and OSMS — which Delhi’s National Museum steered clear of — is an alarm clock to willing delusion of ‘pure veg’ India.

Here’s why New Year’s resolution to be thinner & fitter won’t offer salvation

Eating healthier and being more physically active are two of the most popular New Year’s resolutions. But you would be surprised to hear that this is the root.

Tea, chillies & takeaway: What the food choices of second-generation British Muslims reveal

Human palates evolve, chameleon-like, to reflect changing social and cultural conditions often brought into sharp relief by migration.

On Camera

India can’t fight Trump tariffs with emotion. Smart talks, sector relief, reforms are key

India must reduce its overdependence on the US by cultivating alternative markets—concluding the EU FTA, advancing the UK deal, and exploring entry into the CPTPP, the open, rules-based bloc of Japan, Korea, and Australia.

Amid Trump’s tariff bombs, India’s business with America surged while imports from Russia dipped 10%

As India-Russia trade decreases, India's April-July exports to the US this year increased by 21% compared to last year & imports from the US grew by 12%.

China pushes for separation of border issue from larger bilateral ties at 24th round of talks with India

New Delhi: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Tuesday pushed for a “dual-track” progress for ties with India, separating economic ties from the boundary question,...

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?