Barmecide beckons for water, and when none appears, he mimes washing his hands anyway. Schacabac is told to do the same. He worries that he is being made a fool of. Soon, Barmecide orders food. When ...

Saturday 6th February, 2021 The government apparently does two things efficiently—printing money and issuing gazettes. Nobody seems to take these gazette notifications seriously, especially those ...

Dec. 22, 1906 The New York Times Archives See the article in its original context from December 22, 1906, Page 8 Buy Reprints View on timesmachine ...

Barmecide means, according to the Chambers English Dictionary, “one who offers an imaginary or pretended banquet or other benefit” [from an imaginary feast given to a beggar in the Arabian ...

Bawa As BarmecideThere were and are other totemic foods—the dhan daar machchii (white rice, plain tadka daal and fish marinated in red chillies, turmeric and salt and then fried), considered a ...

Get the Full Story News, events, culture and more — delivered to you. The name Barmecide Feast comes from a story in 1,001 Arabian Nights about a beggar who dreams up a banquet.

This spring, the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum will host a special temporary exhibition of the immersive art installation “The Barmecide Feast,” a fully realized, full-scale reflection ...