Sachin Bhandary

Well, I cannot remember where it all started. Yoga had no part to play in my life, even after NaMo(cute way to address a Prime Minister with authoritarian tendencies, innit?) proclaimed in the UN, “Mitrooonnn, 21st June will be International Day of Yogaaaaa.” The only thing amiss was he did not make this announcement while doing an asana himself. But I am guessing he is always doing Pranayama to control his anger towards skull-cap-sporting, terrorists-in-making that he bumps into on a daily basis. But neither is this post about our benevolent(lol) dictator nor is it about the international day of stretching your body and tormenting yourself. Like every great piece of writing, this one too, is about the writer himself. Though I will make every attempt to mask the self indulgence with totally useless information. So yes, I do not know where it started. But I thought learning Yoga might be a good idea as my body and mind had started to grow thick. And though I may blame...

For most part of my life when someone asked me about the best city for food in India, I would say, "it must be Delhi or Kolkata". Now, of course I understand that this is subjective and in a country with a diverse culinary culture like India, it is impractical to call any particular place 'best for food'. Despite that I have been guilty of bestowing this label to the capital of India or the erstwhile capital i.e Kolkata. I realise I have been wrong, not because I labelled a city as best; but because I did not know that there is another city which is the shining star on India's culinary horizon. And if you are a meat lover then probably it will be difficult to find another place that offers as much variety of meat, chicken, fish and egg dishes as this one does. Ladies and gents, I am talking about the South of South India, a city in Tamil Nadu that even people in Chennai think is too far south to visit. Have you guessed yet? Nope? Historically, the capital o...