This episode of Bombay Talkies features Cariya Breeman, an American culinary artist who’s guest chefing a 9-course vegetarian dinner at Valhalla on the 27th and 28th of October. She talked to Sonologue about what culinary art is …

All week long, we’re celebrating Joy of Giving week. Indians have been singled out for being pretty damn stingy with their time and money. In July, Mint carried an exegesis on “Why Indians don’t give back to society.” This is a counter-movement.

On April 1, the long awaited “people’s car” - the Tata Nano made its debut at select car dealerships in Mumbai. We went over to one in the evening and talked to (and recorded) a few of the eager people milling about. We got information on the feel of the car, how the bookings work…