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Shonali Muthalaly is an Associate Editor at The Hindu, where she leads the MetroPlus and Weekend teams. She also runs the newspaper’s expanding food, auto and cinema verticals. A Chevening scholar, she explores how food, culture and community shape the way we live, while also writing on art, lifestyle and travel

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At Jodhpur’s Ajit Bhawan, lost royal recipes are revived by burying them underground

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(Left to right) Raj Ganpath (co-founder of Quad), Shiny Surendran (nutritionist), Arvind Ashok and Dr Arun Raghavan (co-founders of Revivo Metabolism Clinic), and endocrinologist, Dr Supratik Bhattacharya

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Kochi Art Season 2026: Biennale highlights and must-see parallel shows

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Artiste Marina Abramović at Kochi Biennale

Marina Abramović at the Kochi Biennale: On endurance, controversy and performance art

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CHENNAI: 18/01/2026: LIT FOR LIFE: The Reservation You’ll Never Get: India’s Coolest Chefs, the Country’s Hardest Tables and Why Everyone Wants In Chef Kavan Kuttappa, Chef Hussain Shahzad, and Chef Vinesh Johny in conversation with Shonali Muthalaly on Sunday....Photo: SRINATH M/ THE HINDU

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Manhattan’s hot new INDN Bar: Butter chicken cocktails, keema pav, zero kids

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Premalatha Seshadri on the Madras Art Movement, and why she paints alone

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Firo launches in Chennai with a restaurant and cocktail bar, replacing Velveteen Rabbit

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Outfits from Cos’ Spring-Summer collection

COS finally launches in India, and we have details on their first Delhi collection

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