Hindustan Times
I first met Vijay Karan around 1993. He had retired as Director of the CBI but his real claim to fame was as one of the best commissioners of police Delhi ever had.
It was Karan who told the Delhi police that they were perceived as being rude and insensitive and began the process of sensitivity-training that still continues. (All that “Delhi Police – With You, For You” stuff is his legacy.) He also stopped the police from beating up suspects routinely and cleaned up the force. Read more
(3 votes, average: 5 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Saturday, June 6, 2009 at 9:59 pm
Filed under Rude Food · Tagged CBI, Delhi, hindustan times, Hyderabad, Raja Vijay Karan, Rude Food, South India, V Krishnamurthy, vijay karan, vir sanghvi
The great biryani search continues. But Lucknow, it turns out, is pulao country. It is also the place for outstanding kababs and kormas. And it has the best chaat in the entire country
I went to Lucknow as part of the great biryani search. But all controversies about whether Lucknow made a biryani or a pulao were quickly settled. Every single person I met in Lucknow was clear that Lucknow only dealt in pulao, not in biryani. Read more
(6 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Sunday, April 5, 2009 at 6:58 pm
Filed under Rude Food · Tagged Biryani, Dish, Food, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Lucknowi biryani, pulao
I am off to Hyderabad, home of grand cuisine, alternative centre of north Indian food to Lucknow, birthplace of famous biryani and a city celebrated in gastronomic legend. Truth be told, I know very little about Hyderabad. I was here in the ’70s, a trip I remember because it coincided with the death of Elvis Presley. Read more
(7 votes, average: 3.71 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Saturday, February 21, 2009 at 7:57 pm
Filed under Rude Food · Tagged Aurangzeb, Awadhi, Azizia, Beef, Biryani, Chandrababu Naidu, Deccan, Delhi, Dhaba, Discovery Travel, Dum Pukht Biryani, Goat, Hyderabad, Hyderabadi Biryani, Hyderabadi Food, Kebabs, Kuchcha Biryani, Kurries, Lucknow, Maurya, Meat, Nizam of Hyderabad, North Indian Food, NT Rama Rao, Recipe, Rice, Saudi Arabia, TV
I’ve lost count of the number of people who have raved about Trishna to me recently. If you live in Bombay, then you know all about Trishna already. If you are reading this in one of the HT’s other editions, then you may have heard friends from Bombay bragging about Trishna. Read more
(2 votes, average: 3 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Monday, September 15, 2008 at 10:13 am
Filed under Rude Food · Tagged Aishwarya Rai, Bombay, Bombay House, Business, Chicken, Chinese, Crabs, Dakshin Restaurants, Delhi, Dosas, Fish, Garlic Butter, HT, Hyderabad, Hyderabadi Dal, Idlis, ITC, Jehangir Art Gallery, Kingfisher, Mangalorean, Meat, New York Times, Oberoi, Restaurant Business, Restaurants, Restaurateur, Sea Food, Shilpa Shetty, Sunil Shetty, Taj, Tandoori, Tata, Traditional Recipes, Trishna, Urban India
