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The other day I blogged  – in passing – about the heat.  I told you then that I infinitely prefer the heat to the cold, and that in our admittedly cossetted world, the heat is bearable.  Here’s the link to that earlier post, just...

I am trying to think if there is anything major to share with you from India other than The Cricket. Everything has fallen by the wayside, and that means everything, as the press and media have collective conniptions about the spot-fixing racket that...

I feel so sick I actually don’t know what to say. I have written repeatedly that in my view a rape is a rape is a rape. There is no such thing as a “worse” rape. But having said that, this is one of the most revolting things I have...

Prepare to be sickened. I made a pledge last winter, at the height of the outrage against the Delhi gang-rape, that I would do my bit – however small – to highlight the shocking violence and sexual abuse that women and girls face in India...

Ugh. It’s one of THOSE days again. A Nehru/Gandhi sycophancy fest day, when we see obscene amounts of our money being lavished on these toadying ads in every single paper. Those are OUR rupees you are spending, do you hear me ? Ours.  Our tax...

Our south Delhi colony has a monthly newsletter which is always good for news of how they are trying to sort out the abominable traffic mess, or ads for pest control, and that’s about it.  But  – whew – this month’s newslett...

Everything is a trifle odd in India at the moment.  Or so we are told.  We are a billion plus people in shock.  Or so we are told. The reason for this existentialist crisis is because 3 cricketers have been caught indulging in a bit of naughty spo...

It’s that time of year again, folks. The Cannes film festival, aka Kaaaahn over here, is on, and we are all so excited.  Kaaaahn is, or  so we are breathlessly told – headlining Bollywood, so obviously our stars are over there and boy o...

There is a delightful side bar story to the recent Pakistani general elections.  And it is happening right here in India. Whilst the politicians go through their Indo-Pak rituals, the good villagers of Jatti Umra have been partying up a storm. This...

And, yes, thank you very much, I know I am shouting. Having read this piece of utter tripe in the papers yesterday… …I write to you during a…go on, guess, go on…yes, a power cut. What does the Delhi government take us all for...

This weekend, we were spoiled by the weather, though apparently it is downhill all the way from here. The searing heat was broken first by a spectacular dust storm on Saturday and then by rain yesterday -  and a rainbow as well, a rarity in Delhi. ...

Earlier this week, I reported on an appeal for everyone to get out of their cars and sing the national anthem at 10am last Monday morning. Guilty as charged. I was actually out and about at the designated time, but to my chagrin, ne’er a singer...

Delhi is miserably hot. (As in 43C/109F hot). Another little girl has been raped.  4 years of age. And thus it is, that at the end of a long, tiring hot day, I am going to take the escapist route and share some magic from last night with you. Our ve...

Spotted in Shahpurjat, one of my fave-est places in Delhi.  ...

One’s innate sense of politeness almost makes one start with an apology, along the lines of  “Sorry for starting your week with such a depressing blog post…” And then one’s revulsion and horror and unchannelled outrage...

There are days when I feel that the slightly dotty India that I got to know 30 long years ago has (sadly) all but disappeared, in the country’s frantic rush to modernise at all cost, with everything becoming very same old, same old-y. And then...

So, I resume the fabulous chronicle of Akanksha and Yuvraj’s wedding in Hyderabad where I left you – with Yuvraj arriving on horseback, preceded by his dancing mates, for the “milni.”  This is a garlanding ceremony, when the...

I think I left you at the end of Akanksha and Yuvraj’s “sangeet,” didn’t I ? We headed back to our hotel late, but not as late as the happy couple, who partied till 3.00am, bless them : Anjulie and her dancing shoes. Next mor...

Eish, talk about coming back down to earth with a resounding thump. After partying away the whole of last week, first at a super golden wedding jamboree in Jodhpur and then a fabulous wedding in Hyderabad, our return to Delhi last night was prefaced...

So here we are (temporarily) back in Delhi, but ready for new adventures tomorrow. The boys head to South Africa and the girls…ah the girls…we fly south to Hyderabad for the wedding of a young friend of ours, Yuvraj Solanki. This has to...