Harsh Desai

Only in India

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

Upbeat, Down Under

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

Kareena, Shahid & Me

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 t

Masala of life

The choices we must make at breakfast