"Ingredients are magical, the way their texture transforms after you cook them, they are most integral to food. I love cooking vegetables, though not so much eating them.”
Viraf Patel, chef, Upper Crust, April-June 2025
"‘India and China buy 70% of (Russian dictator Vladimir) Putin’s oil,’
(US Senator Lindsay) Graham said, accusing them of fueling Russia’s war machine while avoiding
support for Ukraine.”
The Free Press Journal, July 2, 2025
"The race course (in Bombay) is intended exclusively for horse racing and its
maintenance. The push for additional
Floor Space Index amounts to blatant
exploitation of valuable public land.”
Zoru Bhathena, environmental activist, criticizing the proposal of the Royal Western......