World Food India

Delhi traffic grinds to a halt due to visiting foreign dignitaries, food festival at India Gate

The visiting foreign dignitaries and the heavy footfall at India Gate on the opening of World Food India festival on Friday led to a traffic mess on Delhi's roads.

World food summit starts today: 60 Japanese firms to participate, expect more investment into India, says envoy

Japan's ambassador to India, Kenji Hiramatsu urged both the sides to work towards "establishing a network" which can be "mutually beneficial".

Debate over khichdi and National Anthem highlights why Indians have an amorphous idea of nationhood

As the postcolonial impulse that dominated the early days of India's emergence as a nation state fades away, the national identity is getting slowly submerged into other identities. Progressively, and among Millennials, the nationhood identity has come to rest on only very few mores such as sport or entertainment, and these impulses are considerably weaker compared to regional and cultural ones. Debate over signifiers that unite India therefore trigger such a feral and animated response.

Traditional khichdi to be promoted as Brand India Food at global event on 4 November

Over 800-kilogramme khichdi, a traditional Indian dish relished by both rich and poor, will be prepared live on 4 November at the World Food India event here in a bi to create world record and popularise it as brand India foo globally.

Harsimrat Kaur claims food processing already got $10 bn investment commitment, more expected

Harsimrat Kaur Badal declined to share the name of the companies which have committed to make the investment in the food processing sector