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Coonoor restaurant introduces festive menu for Christmas

Coonoor restaurant introduces festive menu for Christmas

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Crostini with egg plant caponata and assorted cheese coated with sumac, roasted sesame, parsley, paprika and tiny berries | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Cafe Diem in Coonoor. A cheerful Santa holds aloft a bunch of red and green balloons. The nativity scene is up as colourful […]

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Column | Kolkata’s Western fantasy Christmas may be a tad tacky — but I always feel homesick for the city this season

Column | Kolkata’s Western fantasy Christmas may be a tad tacky — but I always feel homesick for the city this season

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A crowded park in Kolkata on Christmas eve. | Photo Credit: Getty Images At one time, I was always embarrassed about a Kolkata Christmas. It felt like a big fat slice of colonial nostalgia. The British had left but we had held onto their traditions. Everything about it was fake — the cotton wool snow, […]

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