Pushpesh Pant
Indian writer
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| Intro | Indian writer | |
| Places | India | |
| is | Journalist | |
| Work field | Journalism | |
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| Birth | Uttarakhand |
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Biography
Pushpesh Pant (born 1947) is a noted Indian academic, food critic and historian. He retired as a Professor of International relations from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. He is one of India's leading experts on International Relations as well as Indian cuisine, and as a columnist has written for a number of major publications like Forbes, Open, Outlook, Times of India and The Tribune.
His book, India: The Cookbook (2011), was named by The New York Times as one of the best cookbooks of the year.
He was also featured in an interview in The Australian.
The Government of India awarded him the Padma Shri in 2016.
Books
Professor Pant has published widely on travel and tourism, with over a dozen books to his credit.
- India: The Cookbook
- Gourmet Journeys in India
- Classic Cooking Of Punjab, with Jiggs Kalra. Allied Publishers, 2004, ISBN 81-7764-566-8.
- International Relations in 21st Century
- "Prof. Pushpesh K Pant". Jnu.ac.in. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
- "Food news: Truffle-hunting weekends, posh chocolates, and more...". Telegraph. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
- "Culinary travels - Books". livemint.com. 2011-11-30. Retrieved 2012-08-03.