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What’s hot in the food world?
It’s not every day that you see Tanya Dubash, Executive Director and Chief Brand Officer, Godrej, letting her hair down but then The Godrej Food Trends Report is a project that’s close to her heart. A compilation of views and thoughts of some of the most important aficionados of the food industry, the launch of 2022 Collector’s Edition issue—unveiled by Nadir Godrej, Chairman and Managing Director, Godrej Industries Limited—saw the who’s who of the culinary space having a gala time. From Kunal Vijayakar, Vicky Ratnani, Rakhee Vaswani to Varun Inamdar—everyone was present. Dubash said, “As per the findings, 2022 will be about eating for wellness. Some of the other key trends include showcasing the rediscovery of our culinary roots, and taking pride in all things Indian.”
When there was too much Test cricket
India’s Mohinder Amarnath returns to the Wankhede Stadium pavilion after being dismissed in the Mumbai Test of the 1979-80 series against Australia. Pic/Getty Images
While we don’t tire from hearing that Test cricket is the ultimate form of the game and how it should be treasured as T20 cricket keeps topping the popularity charts, there was a time when a big cricket pundit believed too much Test cricket was being played. The other day, our in-house cricket nut was browsing through the 1981 edition of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack and was interested in knowing what the then editor of cricket’s bible, John Woodcock had to say in the Notes by the Editor section. On page 94, Woodcock wrote: “Between the middle of July 1979 and the middle of February 1980, a matter of seven months, India played 17 Test matches. A series between them and West Indies, due to have taken place in March and April 1980, was cancelled simply because both countries were surfeited with Test cricket.“ Our man doesn’t remember being bored (India toured England and then hosted Australia, Pakistan and England) during the phase which had caught Woodcock’s attention, but yes that was lot of cricket our Indian cricketers had to indulge in.
Dispatches from Kashmir
Mumbai based journalist and editor at a broadcast news channel Jitendra Dixit, whose last work Bombay 3 was a fictional account about the city’s most notorious neighbourhood, has now set his eyes north with his soon-to-release book Valley of Red Snow (Rupa Publications). The non-fiction hopes to offer a comprehensive story of how Kashmir is changing after Article 370 of the Indian Constitution was abrog-ated, narrating events from the years preceding the development. “Story telling on TV has its own limitations. While doing ground reports from Kashmir, I felt that the changes in the Valley post August 2019 could be better captured in a long-form piece,” he says of why he decided to write this book, “Writing objectively on Kashmir is challenging. It is difficult to avoid taking sides. I have attempted to encompass voices of as many stakeholders as possible.”
Blast from the past
Mid-day photographer Atul Kamble’s historic picture of cricketer Sachin Tendulkar walking out to bat for the last time in International cricket in 2013 is getting its due. “Sachin is known as the God of cricket in India and the photo is such that he is looking up at heaven, and his fans appear to be his devotees,” says Kamble. Recently, on the occasion of Tendulkar’s birthday, Joy Bhattacharjya, former team director of Kolkata Knight Riders, tweeted this photo from his personal account. His tweet said, “Nothing captures his magical contribution to cricket more than this Atul Kamble portrait of Sachin walking out to bat in his final test match.” Replying to this, Tendulkar said, “This picture is very close to my heart.” In 2013, this picture also won the Wisden Photo of the Year award and in 2014, Kamble went on to win the Media Federation of India award.
Kashmiri food goes to Pune via Mumbai
City-based home chef Jasleen Marwah, who specialises in Kashmiri food available through her delivery kitchen Namak By Jasleen, is expanding her service to Pune starting this week. To mark the festivities of Eid, she has gushtaba, hand pounded mutton meatballs in signature curd gravy; tamatar tchamun, paneer cooked in tomatoes and kashmiri red chilli; rista, hand-pounded mutton meatballs in signature Kashmiri red chilli gravy; nadur monj, lotus stem fries; and kebabs. When asked what took her to Pune, she says, “Over the last six years, Namak By Jasleen has satiated palates across the city. In fact, we have managed to dish out more than 2,000 meals, serving the length and breadth of the city. The next step had to be a shift to a new city and yet closer to the spirit of Mumbai and that’s why I wanted to explore Pune, which was a good decision. The city, as a market, has evolved and has a wonderful set of people, who are looking to explore new flavours.” Marwah also promises to keep adding more dishes to the menu.
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