Motor madness

Tuesday 22 July '08

The “motorcy” weaved furiously through the Bangkok traffic. I clung on to the handlebar for dear life, but the orange-vested...

Krai kai kai kai

Monday 28 April '08

I heard hoots and hisses squealed into a cell-phone. It was only my Mongolian cab driver discussing the early-morning weather...

Good luck, Clover

Friday 4 April '08

Three years ago, looking for fuel on my way to the rental car return...

Charge of the flight brigade

Tuesday 25 March '08

I grew up riding Mumbai trains, and it was an initiation rite into human endurance. Over time...

Dreams our stuff is made of

Friday 1 February '08

A thin wooden strip adorns the dash of my car — something that visitors...

Quest for carrom

Tuesday 15 January '08

Recently, a couple of French exchange students visiting us got addicted to the game of carrom, so we generously decided to gift them a set.

Digitally distinguished

Thursday 29 November '07

The year-end holiday season brings several parties in its wake.

Grizzly encounters

Saturday 3 November '07

I couldn’t resist that curiosity of beholding something taller than Mount Everest. Native Athabascan Indians call Mount...

Hike, Jellybean!

Tuesday 16 October '07

Chak de! has now become something of a catchphrase. National pastimes do not suffer from shadows of colonial rule...

Made in China

Saturday 8 September '07

It became an embarrassing obsession during my growing years. I would spend my leisure hours closely scrutinising the most uninteresting household object...

Dear Editor...Ah, the joy of sending epistles to ether

Friday 1 June '07

With reference to... Apropos of... I read with interest. Years ago, I used to be at it furiously tapping away letters to editors...