カテゴリー: Indian food and drink
South Asians today are between four and six times more likely to get type 2 diabetes than white people. While the role of diet and lifestyle has been explored, it’s only recently that the impact of the disproportionate famines under British colonial ru…
Laheri Bai’s seed bank ensures traditional grains are kept alive amid a wider effort to promote millet’s suitability for cultivation in challenging climate conditionsCollecting seeds in her mud-walled farmhouse home in central India has pushed Laheri B…
Developer Visai Studio’s debut tells a story of how food bridges the gap between generationsFood is much more than mere sustenance. It’s an expression of love; for a culture, and for those eating. Venba isn’t so much a cooking game as it is a game abou…
In a Maharashtra town that once relied on fishing, a women’s collective found boat safaris and edible wild plants pay – and help protect the forestOn a hot summer afternoon along the Mandavi River, Shweta Hule wraps her sari around her ankles and bends…
Most of Britain’s Indian restaurants are run by Bangladeshis. So why don’t they promote their cuisine, asks restaurateur and poet Ahsan AkbarIn 1810, Hindoostane Coffee House in Marylebone became the first Indian restaurant in Britain. Its owner was a …
P Rajagopal, founder of popular Saravana Bhavan restaurant chain, dies of cardiac failureIndia’s “dosa king”, the founder of a global restaurant chain, has died days after losing a last-ditch attempt to avoid a life sentence for murder.P Rajagopal, 71,…