Rashmi Uday Singh

Food and health — Rashmi Uday Singh has done trailblazing work in both fields for over two decades. India's first health show on TV, Health Today, was produced, scripted, directed and presented by her. Her weekly health column in The Indian Express was popular for fifteen years. World Gourmand cookbook award winner and author of thirty-six books, Rashmi has several more firsts to her credit: India's first-ever city restaurant guide, A Nightlife Guide to Mumbai, and the world's first vegetarian guide to Paris, A Vegetarian in Paris. Rashmi graduated with an honours in English literature, studied journalism and law, then received a master's in management. She trained with the BBC before joining the Indian Revenue Service, which she quit as Deputy Commissioner after fifteen years to follow her creative muse. She continues to shoot her TV shows, represent India at international food contests, and write her weekly columns in Bombay Times and Chennai Times. For over three decades Rashmi has had an amazing personal and medical relationship with Dr R.P. Soonawala, and has interviewed him for her weekly health column and TV show. This biography has been her single-most challenging project. Also the most inspirational.