by Charu Thakur | Jul 19, 2025
(July 19, 2025) Every evening after school, Kumar Mahadevan would find himself in the small kitchen of his grandmother’s home in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. While other children played outside, he watched closely as she cooked — grinding spices by hand, stirring pots of...
by Charu Thakur | Jul 3, 2025
(July 3, 2025) Back in 1937, in the bustling lanes of Bikaner, Rajasthan, a modest standalone shop sprang to life — the brainchild of Rhea Agarwal’s great-great-grandfather Ganga Bishan Agarwal, fondly known as Haldiram. What began as a small venture laid the...
by Charu Thakur | Jun 26, 2025
(June 26, 2025) On a chilly San Jose evening, Sonu Kilam carefully packed a warm home-cooked Indian meal into a traditional steel tiffin carrier. She was delivering this dinner to a young Indian mother, far from her own family, who had just welcomed a newborn. In that...
by Bindu Gopal Rao | Mar 24, 2025
(March 24, 2025) In the heart of Coorg, where misty coffee plantations stretch as far as the eye can see, Chef Prashanth Ravi is bringing his global culinary expertise to Timbertales Luxury Resort. After nearly two decades of working in top kitchens across the USA and...
by Amrita Priya | Sep 11, 2024
(September 11, 2024) Had Joginder Singh Gahunia been alive, he would have turned 80 this year. Though he passed away in 2002, he left behind a sweet legacy — Raja Sweets, the oldest North Indian fast-food restaurant and sweet shop in Houston. Almost every Houstonian...
