Alka Pande

For US-based surgeon turned painter Shivdev Singh, memories of a Punjab he left behind over 40 years ago find expression in art - a mix of oils, charcoal sketches and watercolours - evocative of vibrant folk traditions of the north Indian state.

Historian Alka Pande, in a new book, embarks on a rediscovery of the romance of indigenous foods of India that risk being lost because of greater exposure to international cuisine and heightened "diet-consciousness.""Mukhwas: A book on Indian Food Through...

For US-based surgeon turned painter Shivdev Singh, memories of a Punjab he left behind over 40 years ago find expression in art - a mix of oils, charcoal sketches and watercolours - evocative of vibrant folk traditions of the north Indian state.

Historian Alka Pande, in a new book, embarks on a rediscovery of the romance of indigenous foods of India that risk being lost because of greater exposure to international cuisine and heightened "diet-consciousness.""Mukhwas: A book on Indian Food Through...