Friday, 21 May 2021

Table Talk with Kurush Dalal

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Our guest for the fourth edition of Table Talk is Dr Kurush Dalal. Kurush is an archaeologist and anthropologist, an educator, and an in...
Tuesday, 4 May 2021

Table Talk with Saba Mahjoor

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Our guest for the third edition of Table Talk is Saba Mahjoor. Saba's stories of her phuphee have captivated the Simple recipes for ...
Saturday, 1 May 2021

Things not to say to someone grieving

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(A very personal list from my own experience of receiving condolences. YMMV.) - “Everything happens for the best” / “It was meant to be” /...
Thursday, 29 April 2021

Table Talk with Antoine Lewis

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This Sunday, our guest will be pal Antoine Lewis , food writer, culinary experimenter, and, he insists, not an influencer.  We will talk abo...
Monday, 26 April 2021

Field notes for disaster relief (suggestions for those wanting to help on social media)

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You want to help, you’re limited to being able to offer only your time online or on the phone, but you don’t know how to get started. Here a...
Saturday, 17 April 2021

Table Talk with Kirtana Kumar

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Our guest for the first episode is Kirtana Kumar, theatre practitioner. During lockdown, Kirtana and her family moved base to their farm...
Friday, 9 April 2021

Table Talk

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If you’re on Facebook, chances are I have invited you to join Simple recipes for complicated times , a group I run. If you’re in the group, ...
Monday, 23 November 2020

Annus mirabilis

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The day just past marked a year since my last day at The Hindu . This day last year marked the beginning of a week spent on the first actu...
Tuesday, 10 November 2020

❤️

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The ❤️. When did it become a symbol of love? For that matter, why is it called a heart symbol, when it doesn't look like a human heart? ...
Sunday, 25 October 2020

It isn’t done

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You’ve stayed the course. Since March, you’ve stayed home as much as you can, perhaps 100%, perhaps close. If you’ve ventured out, you’ve do...