ontrary to what one may imagine in this age of convenience products and depersonalised food, the humble atta chakki is not ready to be relegated to history. Not yet.

The Mumbai-based Rs 650-crore retail company, Pantaloon Retail India, recently opened three Big Bazaar outlets - two in Mumbai (Growel Plaza, Kandivili, and Lake City Mall, Thane) and one in Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh. Nothing special about that. What is interesting is the fact that the two in Mumbai have live chakkis, kitchens, dairies and bakeries inside their respective Food Bazaar units.... more