Only in India

Saturday 12 January '08

As soon as I land at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport at Mumbai...

Upbeat, Down Under

Thursday 6 December '07

While trying to flip channels in an attempt to avoid breathless speculation as to who the next captain...

Kareena, Shahid & Me

Monday 5 November '07

I was picking at my scrambled eggs dissolutely. We had just finished a three-hour safari in Ranthambore and had seen no signs of a tiger.

’lectronic linkups

Saturday 27 October '07

Frankly, in retrospect I am surprised that e-mail has become so big. When it started a few years ago it was such an unintrusive technology...

A dino among the ruins

Saturday 15 September '07

Says Bipin, with the rest of the group nodding silently, “I think we are going for dinner without you. You’ve become a complete bore of late.

Bombay south by north

Monday 14 May '07

In Bombay it is South versus North; Us versus Them. I stay at Churchgate in south Bombay and live my life within a 4 km radius.

The missing sequel

Saturday 18 November '06

I was feeling blue. It was September 1986 and I was in New York doing my master’s in law at Columbia. Classes were not exactly what I had expected.

Cairo at sundown

Thursday 14 September '06

The Khan-e-khalili market in Cairo is the beating heart of Cairo. It pulsates with energy which seemingly affects the entire city.

Newsprint junkie

Tuesday 29 August '06

I am a newspaper junkie, and for a newspaper junkie these are the best of times in Bombay. The reason I am a newspaper junkie is that I find it hard to believe news on television.

Masala of life

Friday 28 July '06

The choices we must make at breakfast