(A version of this article was originally published in Traveller’s India magazine (USA) in 2005.)
Stephen Alter is a second generation Pahadi American just like his first cousin Bollywood actor Tom Alter.
Born in the hot and dusty plains of Uttar Pradesh, Alter grew up in the foothills of Himalayas, where he [...]
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By Kamla Bhatt • Nov 14th, 2009 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Americas, Books and Authors, Diaspora, People, Travel
By Kamla Bhatt • Jul 11th, 2008 • Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, Diaspora, People, Travel
This year’s Tiffin Cup award goes to Mint & Mustard headed by chef Anand Joseph George. This award is for the Best South Asian restaurant in UK. George won the award for his dish, which was a pan seared seabass fillets on a bed of potato and curry leaf mash, with a sauce of raw mangoes, ginger and coconut [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Jul 10th, 2008 • Category: Bombay/Mumbai, Diaspora, Entrepreneur Interviews, Food, India, Interviews, People, Travel
Mint & Mustard opened last year in Cardiff, Wales and is headed by Anand Joseph George, a truly gifted chef. The restaurant has got some great review and recently won the annual South Asian Chef competition in Wales and will represent at the national level.
My husband and I first met George in Jamavar, the Indian [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Jun 14th, 2008 • Category: Dubai, Events, Living In America, Planes and Automobiles, Travel
Later this evening Jet Airway’s maiden flight from San Francisco to Mumbai via Shanghai will take off. At 6 pm this evening Jet Airways has a little do to celebrate this event at the San Francisco Airport. I hope to be there and write a post about it and hopefully take some pictures. Like I [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • May 23rd, 2008 • Category: Bangalore, Dubai, Ideas, India, Travel
Soukya is a holistic spa located near Bangalore. It is a stone’s thrown from Whitefield, which was once considered as the outskirts of Bangalore. Earlier this year I got to spend a day at Soukya since that is all the time I could afford during my compressed visit to Bangalore and really enjoyed the experience. [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • May 14th, 2008 • Category: Business, Diaspora, Ideas, India, Planes and Automobiles, San Francisco, Travel
Jet Airways, India’s largest airlines, is expanding its footprint in the US and will now be flying out of the West Coast. Starting June 14th 2008 Jet Airways will operate flights out of San Francisco International Airport to Mumbai via Shanghai. What is interesting is that Jet Airways will become the first Indian [...]