Christine Profile
Christine
Join Date:
2011-09-29
Blogs Owned
1. Delhi Diary
A daily look, through foreign eyes, at life in India's capital city. Politics, travel, fashion, funny, tragic - whatever catches my eye, in other words.
2. christinesreviews
Reviews of places, shops, destinations and anything else I like or dislike
Tags: restaurant, shopping, hotel, like, dislike
3. christinesbookreviews.com
I review books, pure and simple
Tags: books, literature, review, author, publishing
Latest Blog Posts
- Oh my giddy aunt, what WERE they thinking of?on May 17, 2013 in THE BLOGIt’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...
- ! The fantastic Sanskriti Museums, New DelhiA visit to the Sanskriti Kendra on the outskirts of Delhi wasn’t quite on my bucket list, I have to be honest, but it was, nevertheless, something I had been intending to do for years. So an organised, guided walk through the 3 museums that are...
- ! Edward’s in Delhi’s HKVon May 14, 2013 in Food & drink India Restaurants Asha Framji Delhi Edward's Hauz Khas Village Sonam DubalDespite being a tad underwhelmed by Edward’s when I went there for lunch in March, I re-visited it last week for lunch with the same friend as last time, Asha Framji, as well as with our friend Sonam Dubal, whose first visit it was. Sonam loved...
- The lion of (Pakistani) Punjab & a little Indian villageon May 14, 2013 in THE BLOGThere 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...
- LIES ! LIES ! LIES !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...
- Oh, those pesky planetsMy mornings would be a whole lot duller without the flyers that are tucked inside my “Times of India”. I have often pondered how to deal with planetary problems. Now I know. ...
- Surprisingly wild DelhiThis 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. ...
- No WHIMS, FANCIES, FALSE EGOs and GREED here, thank you very muchEarlier 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...
- A man walked into a bar…the Indian version…This really is one of those “only in India’ stories. Obviously it would be better for a tiger to be in the wild, but given the realities of India’s shocking neglect of its wildlife, perhaps this fellow is better off in a zoo...
- Hallelujah for some truly lovely music in Delhion May 9, 2013 in THE BLOGDelhi 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...
- We have new chicks!Literally, not metaphorically. Weaver birds (I think) have built their nest on the hanging basket which also was home to the bulbuls last summer. Funny, when there are several other baskets, and they all choose the same one. The watermarking has sort...
- Quite…Spotted in Shahpurjat, one of my fave-est places in Delhi. ...
- 4 years old. 6 years old. 7 years old. 10 years old. 13 years old. 15 years old. 16 years old. 22 years old. And all raped in one week.on May 6, 2013 in THE BLOGOne’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...
- Calling a spade a spade…on May 5, 2013 in Ad of the day…or as we say up north in my native Yorkshire, calling a spade a bloody shovel. Our Mr. Sharma doesn’t hide behind PC language, you have to admit. No woolly “domestic help” or “housekeeper” for Kanchan Sharma Enter...
- A million people “singing in one uniform”…hmmm…not so sure about this…on May 5, 2013 in Incredible India ! THE BLOGThere 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...
- Latest news of “my” Bollywood filmSorry, sorry, sorry for not keeping all you movie fans up to date with my Bollywood antics, but you know how it is…we stars get so busy…oh come on now, you surely haven’t forgotten that I have a pivotal role in a movie which inciden...
- The wedding chronicle Part 2So, 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...
- The Wedding. Part 1 of 2. Hey ! weddings are huge here…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...
- Live-streaming the fabulous colours of an Indian wedding (Part 1)on Apr 29, 2013 in THE BLOG Anjulie Kalsia Carine Barbe Hyderabad Indu Solanki Manisha Solanki sangeet Yuvraj SolankiEish, 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...
- Chiffon as far as the eyes can seeSo 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...
