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Westland Ltd Launched Award Winning Michelin Starred Chef Vikas Khanna’s Book “Savour Mumbai”
MUMBAI: Host of the immensely popular MasterChef India programme, Chef Vikas Khanna’s latest book “Savour Mumbai- A Culinary Journey Through India’s Melting Pot”, published by Westland Ltd was launched today at Landmark bookstore.
Michelin star Chef Vikas Khanna was in conversation with Farazana Contractor – Publisher and Editor UpperCrust India and Chef Michael Swamy – one of the most popular Food Stylist & Food Photographer on the Role of Modern Day Chefs in new age of Food Media and Publishing.
With his book “Savour Mumbai- A Culinary Journey Through India’s Melting Pot” Chef Vikas Khanna walks though the streets of Mumbai, reliving the past and embracing the new, takes you through food pilgrimage of India Melting pot. The diverse cultural and culinary identities that have been the hallmark of our very own ‘ Aamchi Mumbai’
Vikas Khanna’s culinary journey started in Amritsar, but the city of Mumbai has also played an important role in his evolution as an arbiter of dining taste. This book is his tribute to Mumbai, which lays on the table a smorgasbord of delicious food options: Maharashtrian, Parsi, Gujarati, Konkan, street food and so much more. Food that is as multi-flavoured as the city itself. In the year that Khanna lived in the city, working at The Leela Kempinski, he explored and experienced all these cuisines. As he says, it was a period that would benefit him in the kitchen in the years to come. In Savour Mumbai, he visits some of his favourite restaurants and eateries, selects their signature dishes, helpfully modifying and adapting their recipes into a form that will be a boon to the home cook.
Categorized under the Genre of Cooking with an Original Release Type, it is priced at Rs 895. It features a Binding Paperback. Imprinted by Westland Ltd it runs with a Page Extent of 332 pp.
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News TV viewership jumps 33 per cent as West Asia war draws audiences
BARC Week 8 data shows news share rising to 8 per cent despite T20 World Cup
NEW DELHI: Even as individual television news channel ratings remain under a temporary pause, the genre itself is seeing a clear surge in audience attention.
According to the latest data from Broadcast Audience Research Council India, television news recorded a 33 per cent jump in genre share in Week 8 of 2026, covering February 28 to March 6.
The news genre accounted for 8 per cent of total television viewership during the week, up from 6 per cent the previous week. The spike in attention coincided with escalating geopolitical tensions involving the United States, Israel and Iran, which have kept global headlines firmly fixed on West Asia.
The rise is notable because it came at a time when cricket was dominating television screens. The high-stakes stages of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, including the Super 8 fixtures and semi-finals, were being broadcast during the same period.
Despite the cricket frenzy, viewers appeared to be toggling between sport and global affairs, boosting the overall share of news programming.
The surge in genre share comes even as the government has enforced a one-month pause on publishing ratings for individual news channels. The move followed regulatory scrutiny of the television ratings ecosystem.
While channel-level rankings remain temporarily out of sight, the genre-level data suggests that when global tensions escalate, audiences continue to turn to television news for real-time updates.
