Palmer’s Indian restaurant – And the interesting story
behind it During a trip to Gangarams in Bangalore many a decade ago, I
found the cookbook, Indian Cookery by E.P. Veerasawmy. Some of the recipes in it
were quickly mastered (the concept, that is) and became a staple in our kitchen.
I had always…
Veeraswamy’s of London
Palmer’s Indian restaurant – And the interesting story
behind it During a trip to Gangarams in Bangalore many a decade ago, I
found the cookbook, Indian Cookery by E.P. Veerasawmy. Some of the recipes in it
were quickly mastered (the concept, that is) and became a staple in our kitchen.
I had always…
The first Indian airman – Licensed to fly in 1912 It is not often that a story grips you, and this was one. We
had all been brought up on reports that JRD Tata was the first Indian pilot,
that he possessed the #1 license, and so on. But in reality, there was another
pioneer from India who was licens…
The Guardnees of the Zenana, a.k.a. the Zafer Paltan,
and the battle of Kharda Sometimes, my search for information takes me to unrelated
but strange and interesting stories, and this is one of them. It has nothing to
do with the establishment of the Amazon office in Hyderabad and deals with somethi…
The Swati Tirunal – S Balachander imbroglio The serene and melodious Carnatic music scene at Madras suddenly
found itself in a cacophonic conundrum, when a doyen among them - Veena S Balachander,
decided to throw a heap of mud on the face of one of the greatest musical
exponents, the Swati Tirunal M…
