A contemporary Indian traveller to the fabled Silk Route city of Bukhara is more than likely to be reminded by locals about the time when traders from the Indian subcontinent called the city home. For ...

There is a 19th century, two-story house in Bukhara that Sulayman Inoyatov, 82, tries to visit at least a few times every month. The building is now a museum and was the home of his famous relative, ...

BUKHARA — You could have heard a pin drop as a small group of men (and two women) gathered on a recent Friday night inside the 300-year-old synagogue of Bukhara, Uzbekistan, on what was once the Silk ...

Ruben Saakyan and Konstantin Lazarev's “The Observer’s Illusion” (2025) (foreground) and Antony Gormley and Temur Jumaev's “CLOSE,” (2024–2025) (background) installed at the former Khoja Kalon Mosque ...

Palov, plov, pulao, pilaf or pilau. With as many name variations as recipes, this defining Uzbekistan rice dish and its regional iterations have historically been the core of culinary legacies across ...

The Mughals sure did know how to enjoy their food; their cuisine was rich and used aromatic spices, dry fruits and nuts to give it that royal feel that we know of today. Many of our occasions are ...

Bukhara once flourished as a Silk Road hub, where travelling poets, merchants and scholars converged. But under Soviet rule during the 20th century, the Uzbekistani city was for decades sealed off ...

Moti Mahal has a slightly complex ownership structure these days but Monish’s version of the brand flourishes. He told me that he had just returned from opening his 200th outlet (including franchises, ...

If, like me, you also are a fan of fruits, then you must be ready to consume them in any form. Fruits are undeniably one of the best gifts that we have received from Mother Nature. These are packed ...