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Little Luxuries – Coffee Song
April 20, 2012, 3:19 PM IST
Cold-brew coffee forces Vikram Doctor to do a rethink During school summer holidays in Chennai my sister and I were often dispatched to an aunt’s house for the day. Her house had a high…
April 20, 2012, 3:19 PM IST
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Titanic: Why the story still fascinates even 100 years after the ship’s sinking
April 16, 2012, 3:38 PM IST
There are many reasons why the Titanic still fascinates us even 100 years after its sinking. There is the irresistible tendency to see it as a symbol of the gilded pre-WWI world heading towards disaster….
April 16, 2012, 3:38 PM IST
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Little Luxuries – CRAVING AT 4
April 6, 2012, 5:16 PM IST
At tea time, scones combine the best elements of bread, biscuits and cake, says Vikram Doctor Rammanohar Lohia, the Indian socialist and anti-Congress leader, is having a moment thanks to the Samajwadi Party victory in UP….
April 6, 2012, 5:16 PM IST
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Garam Masala – That Melt-in-the-Mouth Quality
March 31, 2012, 12:47 PM IST
The food at IIM Calcutta when I was studying there was hardly great but, as with most hostel kitchens, there were ways of improving it. I learned, for example, that on the days that chicken…
March 31, 2012, 12:47 PM IST
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Supreme Court & Section 377
March 24, 2012, 12:52 PM IST
From 2G to LGBT might seem like quite a jump, but it is one that Justice G S Singhvi seems to have made with equanimity. The judge was recently part of the Supreme Court bench…
March 24, 2012, 12:52 PM IST
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Sugar Bombs
March 23, 2012, 2:44 PM IST
Table grapes may not have the glamour of their wine counterparts, but they’re a veritable treat says Vikram Doctor Around February-March each year I try to visit the wineries in Nashik. This is when…
March 23, 2012, 2:44 PM IST
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Garam Masala: Milk of Choice: Gandhi & Goats
March 20, 2012, 10:03 AM IST
Goat milk is mostly unavailable & undervalued. But it offers plenty in terms of health. Ask Mahatma Gandhi, says Vikram Doctor In my last column, I mentioned how it was a pity that goat’s…
March 20, 2012, 10:03 AM IST
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British Raj, China and the Finance Ministry’s Fix
March 19, 2012, 4:40 PM IST
Tucked away among the budget papers is a little-known fact — opium trade is controlled by the finance ministry. In the Budget documents there is always a figure which is never mentioned by the…
March 19, 2012, 4:40 PM IST
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Cult of the Key [Part- 2]
March 13, 2012, 9:56 AM IST
The final part of the two-part series on the history of typewriters in India looks at MK Gandhi’s love-hate relationship with the machine The typewriter is intricately linked with the feminist movement in the…
March 13, 2012, 9:56 AM IST
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Cult of the key
March 9, 2012, 8:31 PM IST
The Stenographer’s Guild is located in the teeming, congested heart of T Nagar in Chennai, down the road from the huge sari and gold jewellery shops that bring the crowds here. The lane it is…
March 9, 2012, 8:31 PM IST
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Garam Masala: Mr FM, how about a budget for beekeeping
March 5, 2012, 7:49 PM IST
With the Budget advanced this year by a few weeks, the season to lobby the finance minister for sops and favours has also been advanced. So since everyone else is doing this, I thought I…
March 5, 2012, 7:49 PM IST
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Little Luxuries: Yoghurt Maker
February 24, 2012, 3:39 PM IST
Despite the many brands available in the market, why does Vikram Doctor still prefer to make his own dahi ? A few weeks back cool winds from the north brought Mumbai’s temperature down to…
February 24, 2012, 3:39 PM IST
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Maybe, it’s Time to Stop in Your Tracks
February 24, 2012, 10:49 AM IST
The Anil Kakodkar panel points to where the stink comes from. But chances are that Indian Railways will have to continue with its ‘Open Discharge’ policy, says Vikram Doctor Listen carefully and you will…
February 24, 2012, 10:49 AM IST
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Mumbai Votes for Itself
February 17, 2012, 7:41 PM IST
Do Mumbai’s municipal elections matter? There’s plenty of evidence that they do not. There’s the haplessness of most corporators at doing anything other than putting up banners trumpeting their non-existent achievements. Or the near pointlessness…
February 17, 2012, 7:41 PM IST
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Little Luxuries: A Burst of Flavour
February 17, 2012, 5:19 PM IST
Ever since I started writing this column on culinary luxuries people have been asking me when I will write on salt. It is certainly an obvious sign of a developing luxury culture when something as…
February 17, 2012, 5:19 PM IST
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Seniority on trial
February 11, 2012, 4:31 PM IST
Perhaps Chief of Army Staff General V.K.Singh should have expected the respectful, but firm, rebuke he received from the Supreme Court. He and his legal team may not have realised it, but the matter of…
February 11, 2012, 4:31 PM IST
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Little Luxuries: Red Onion Battles
February 10, 2012, 11:23 AM IST
The Vedas dished it.Gandhi endorsed it.Sardar Patel joined the satyagraha movement for it. The pungent root vegetable has played an unexpectedly important role in history. A column on onions as a luxury might make…
February 10, 2012, 11:23 AM IST
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Carved in Stone: Bombay to Mumbai & Beyond
February 7, 2012, 2:30 PM IST
Today, so many buildings remain in the city, both physically and in published histories thanks to Sharada Dwivedi’s efforts. But the loss to the city’s remembered history that goes with her is deep and perhaps…
February 7, 2012, 2:30 PM IST
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Garam Masala: Making Sense of a Melting Pot
February 6, 2012, 11:43 PM IST
I would love to understand how large Indian publishers look on food writing and cookbooks. I am often told that this is a fast growing sector, there’s lots of promise, new readers, and it’s certainly…
February 6, 2012, 11:43 PM IST
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Little Luxuries: The White Legume Mystery
January 27, 2012, 3:16 PM IST
How did jicama aka shankalu land up in Eastern India,all the way from Mexico? It is interesting watching the reactions of people when you give thema slice of jicama without telling them what it…
January 27, 2012, 3:16 PM IST
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