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Review | Chef Farokh Talati’s ‘Parsi – From Persia to Bombay’ is an aspirational yet approachable cookbook

January 5, 2023January 5, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

[ad_1] It is 8 a.m., and as Michael Bublé’s rich baritone reminds me that it is beginning to look a lot like Christmas, my kitchen fills with the warm, gently-spiced aroma of masala oats. A spicy carb is my favourite way to kickstart the day, and the version in Farokh Talati’s Parsi – From Persia […]

Book review | Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s Partition tale, Independence

November 29, 2022November 29, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

[ad_1] The cover of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s new book, Independence In her monumental novel, Tomb of Sand, Geetanjali Shree asked, “Is every story really a Partition tale?” This English translation from the Hindi original Ret Samadhi was published early in 2022, in the 75th anniversary year of that event, and in its most nobly audacious […]

Review of Chandresh Narayanan’s 75 Years of Indian Sports — Game, Guts, Glory: As the millennium turned, so did India’s sporting fortunes

August 12, 2022August 12, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

[ad_1] A walk through India’s sports since Independence is timely, but falls short of explaining how standards were raised so dramatically A walk through India’s sports since Independence is timely, but falls short of explaining how standards were raised so dramatically When I began as a sportswriter in the 1980s, there was a touch of […]

Anthony Sattin’s Nomads: The Wanderers Who Shaped Our World review: ‘Thoughts and ideas should always wander, now together, now apart’

July 22, 2022July 22, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

[ad_1] Anthony Sattin takes a joyride with nomadic communities, and explores why ‘herders’ of the 21st century are being pushed to the edge Anthony Sattin takes a joyride with nomadic communities, and explores why ‘herders’ of the 21st century are being pushed to the edge “Where have they come from? Why have they come here? […]