In the moonlit gardens of a palace, I stand in a cabbage patch with a chef and a hoe. Chef Bikram Chandra Khadka cuts through the warm earth, careful to keep his white apron pristine. There is a clang. We kneel and lift out a steamy bundle, wrapped in sac... See more
“How many of you weigh yourself every day?” Advertisement Advertisement About 90% of the people in the room raise their hands. We are at Revivo Metabolism Clinic’s Obesity Action Meet, and co-founder Arvind Ashok is on stage. He shrugs, with characteristi... See more
Swadeshi nationalism, Bengali devotion and tobacco form an unlikely triad. Yet I encounter all three on a chilly Boston morning, on a poster that would almost certainly be deemed anti-national by today’s hypersensitive standards. Bengalis of the early 20t... See more
I imagine Boston will be smart, but smug. Earnest, and a little dull — a history lesson with literature thrown in. Cue the Boston Tea Party, MIT and Harvard, and Longfellow on that heroic midnight ride of Paul Revere. I do not expect to get teary-eyed at ... See more
Like all good Indian dads, his first response was: “No.” “Indian restaurants are for families. How can you leave out the children?” said Vicky Vij, shaking his head with disapproval. “Who will come?” Even as he tut tuts, young couples and groups of friend... See more
