Pushpesh Pant

Gurgaon, New Delhi

Contributor at The New Indian Express

Sometime teacher, obsessed by food, trying to reinvent himself everyday. RETWEETS AREN'T ENDORSEMENTS! Some are accidental.

Articles

Emergency Revisited: A Distant Mirror to the Present & Beyond

6 days ago | dailypioneer.com | Pushpesh Pant

More than half a century after Indira Gandhi imposed the dreaded Emergency, it continues to be referred to as the â€˜Darkest Chapter in the history of Indian Democracyâ€™. Ironically, the majority of Indians that comprise more than two-thirds of the countryâ€™s total population are â€˜pre-historicâ€™ even the retired parents of Generation Z have no personal recall of forced nasbandi (vasectomies) and Nasha Bandi (prohibition).
Food Talk: Get allured by polenta

6 days ago | tribuneindia.com | Pushpesh Pant

We, the people of India, consider our regional and community cuisines as the best in the world. After that comes the Indian rendering of the Chinese, Italian and the Tex-Mex. Nowadays, many worthy and otherwise ‘celebrity’ chefs have taken upon themselves to indigenise Japanese, Korean and the Mediterranean repertoire. The days aren’t far when we will be able to tickle our palates with Brazilian, South African and Moroccan delicacies donning a desi garb.
HT Syndication: Emergency Revisited: A Distant Mirror to the Present & Beyond

6 days ago | htsyndication.com | Pushpesh Pant

Posted On: 2025-06-22 Posted By: Pushpesh Pant Business & Finance Health & Lifestyle National Education Politics Cities Real Estate & Construction Pioneer India, June 22 -- More than half a century after Indira Gandhi imposed the dreaded Emergency, it continues to be referred to as the 'Darkest Chapter in the history of Indian Democracy'. Ironically, the majority of Indians that comprise more than two-thirds of the country's total population are 'pre-historic' even the retired parents of...
Emergency Revisited: A Distant Mirror to the Present & Beyond

6 days ago | dailypioneer.com | Pushpesh Pant

More than half a century after Indira Gandhi imposed the dreaded Emergency, it continues to be referred to as the ‘Darkest Chapter in the history of Indian Democracy’. Ironically, the majority of Indians that comprise more than two-thirds of the country’s total population are ‘pre-historic’ even the retired parents of Generation Z have no personal recall of forced nasbandi (vasectomies) and Nasha Bandi (prohibition).
The Favourite, the Eloquent and the Martyr, Who will Congress Side with?

1 week ago | newindianexpress.com | Pushpesh Pant

Congress' both barrels blazing attack on its onetime beloved blue-eyed boy Shashi Tharoor reminds one of the old story about crabs packed in a deep basket. If one fellow creature somehow manages to claw his way to the top to escape the claustrophobic prison, others forgetting their quarrels gang up to pull him down back to environs resembling the overcrowded death row in a Tihar-like prison.
Food talk: Sweet and tangy mango delight

2 weeks ago | tribuneindia.com | Pushpesh Pant

There are few words in the North Indian culinary lexicon that are more confusing than ‘launji’. For years, we confused it with ‘kalaunji’, often a star in many dishes. There is the tangy ‘Baingan ki kalaunji’ that is packed with pickling spices and then there is ‘Kalaunji ke aloo’, where the spice is used in tempering. The word, Urdu, Hindi and English dictionaries tell us, is derived from Sanskrit, is a feminine noun and means a relish prepared with unripe mangoes. This isn’t of great help.
The Curious Case of the Missing Protector of Individual Rights

3 weeks ago | newindianexpress.com | Pushpesh Pant

By Pushpesh Pant The complaints filed lack substance and range from 'personal feelings being hurt' to 'creating enmity between communities'. Any reference to caste, community and the valiant armed forces can be misconstrued to frame and harass anyone. Academics on both sides of the ideological battle lines immediately jump into the fray. Hundreds sign statements and petitions condemning or exonerating the person in the dock. The process becomes the punishment.
Food talk: Treat yourself to Peruvian pulao

1 month ago | tribuneindia.com | Pushpesh Pant

How easily we forget how much Peru, a country situated in the north-western tip of the South American continent, has enriched Indian cuisine! This is where the Spanish conquistadors encountered the potato, which, carried by them and their Portuguese rivals, conquered the world. Can you imagine samosa, tikki or dosa sans good old aloo? This is the tuber that is kosher for diets on the days of ritual fasting and adds delight to myriad combos — vegetarian as well as non-vegetarian.
Seers should Address the Fraught Relationship between Humans

1 month ago | newindianexpress.com | Pushpesh Pant

By Pushpesh Pant Shankaracharya of Jyotirmath recently announced that he has excommunicated Rahul Gandhi from the fold of Hinduism as he has committed sacrilege by insulting the sanatana dharma. This raises some intriguing issues. Hinduism is a way of life and not a Roman Catholic sect of Christianity where someone born to the faith can be expelled from it. What about conversions? Loss of faith? A nonbeliever or an atheist has no place in Christianity or Islam.
Food Talk: Grilled fish gets a Moroccan twist

1 month ago | tribuneindia.com | Pushpesh Pant

The Jim Corbett National Park is one of the most popular tourist destinations in India for sighting the majestic tiger. The sprawling sanctuary stretches from the Terai Bhabar region in Kumaon to the Rajaji National Park in the foothills of Shivalik in Hardwar and Dehradun. Even if the elusive tiger is not glimpsed, one can take delight in the diversity of the wildlife — herds of elephants, spotted deer, barking deer, sambar, monitor lizards and much more.