New Delhi, Oct. 6 -- The first Jeffrey Archer I picked up was Shall We Tell the President? Those were the days when a book could hold my attention for hours. The cover's promise, "6 days, 13 hours and... Read More
India, Oct. 6 -- Four days before he died, Jeffrey Archer was making plans. "On Saturday 10th October at 7pm I will be discussing my final novel Adam & Eve at the Cheltenham Festival," he posted on so... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 3 -- Asia's drinking traditions are as varied as its food, shaped by local grains, fruits, palms, climate, and agriculture. Sake and baijiu are internationally recognised, but many oth... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 1 -- It is raining in Weligama, enough for most people to wait out the showers indoors. But I spot people in the sea as I drive past the bay. They're surfing. "The rain doesn't stop ... Read More
India, Oct. 1 -- Years after everyone else, I finally started watching The Tudors. Jonathan Rhys Meyers is Henry VIII and Natalie Dormer is Anne Boleyn, and the familiar story of the king and his six ... Read More
New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- On a quiet street in Palayamkottai in Tamil Nadu, efforts are under way to bring an old clock back to life. Set in the tower of Holy Trinity Cathedral, its mechanism was built b... Read More
India, Sept. 22 -- "God," said Jackson Lamb. "Is it me, or did all the fun go out of everything round about 1979?" It could be a complaint about almost anything. With Jackson Lamb, it usually is. The... Read More
New Delhi, Sept. 18 -- The first thing people notice at Native Stories is the setting. The cafe opened in 2024, and sits inside the Centre for Environment Education (CEE), a 17-acre urban forest in th... Read More
India, Sept. 15 -- "Mrs Ferrars died on the night of the 16th-17th September - a Thursday." The opening line of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd isn't dramatic. It is precise and factual. But when Agatha ... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- For years, one assumption ruled when it came to specialty coffee: the world's best cafes existed in the world's best-known coffee cities, be it Melbourne, Tokyo, or Copenhagen. ... Read More