





The Yellow Turtle’s new menu is a culinary journey across Asia
From Kabul to Kolkata: A feast of flavours at The Lalit Great Eastern
Aminia puts mangoes on the menu this summer
Art exhibition to revisit the legacy of G. C. Chakravarty
A taste of Macau arrives at Glenburn Penthouse with Chef Katherine Lim
If there was a laboratory for the new authoritarianism, it was Hungary under ex-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Orbán did not dismantle democratic institutions. He re-engineered them
DEBASHIS CHAKRABARTI
Across centuries, observers recognised in Bengal a rare combination of geography, human capital, and commercial opportunity. But opportunity does not automatically translate into advantage
RUDRA CHATTERJEE
Despite being one of the world’s largest trading economies, nearly 70-75% of India’s transshipment cargo is routed through foreign ports, chiefly Singapore and Colombo
APURVA RAKESH PANDEY
The respite due to the US-Iran truce is welcome but it should not obscure the lessons therefrom. India’s economic resilience is genuine in some respects but fragile in others
RENU KOHLI
There is a case to argue that Keir Starmer’s troubles are not necessarily his own. What afflicts Britain today is symptomatic of a structural fault line afflicting Western political hemisphere
THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Eliminated from ‘Indian Idol 3’ 19 years ago, Deepali recently lent her voice to the song composed by AR Rahman