There are many things that characterise Dubai. One of them is an obsession with size. Nearly everything is big, bigger or biggest. For instance, each time I go to the massive Dubai Mall, I am ...

But this has been his best year yet, with the success of Papa’s Bombay, a small counter-seating restaurant above Veronica’s, which is the hardest booking in Mumbai and may also have the best, most ...

Your guess is as good as mine. But at least it keeps politics in the Phantom zone where the current reality never intrudes and all distractions that occupy the general public are more than welcome.

The next time a foreigner tells you that Indians only like very sweet desserts and offers you the example of our mithai (which can, admittedly, be disgustingly sweet) here is a reply you can offer.