India, March 4 -- It demands guts plus optimism - as well as some fortitude to withstand setbacks - for an otherwise homebound person to come up with such a simple but daring enterprise. Which is: to ... Read More
India, March 3 -- In spring, red semal flowers bloom around the Subz Burj monument on Mathura Road. In summer, golden-yellow amaltas flowers bloom along the entire length of Hailey Road. In early autu... Read More
India, March 1 -- The black birds are omnipresent. These hawks are perched along the taut lines of the power cables. They are also circling upon the hill. The garbage hill. This massive heap of wast... Read More
India, March 1 -- The long-time Salim chaikhana shut down some months ago, condemning the Walled City to one less chakhana. This is more discouraging than it sounds. For a chaikhana is a rare thing. I... Read More
India, March 1 -- One sleepy afternoon in Old Delhi's David Street, a kind passer-by helpfully points to a house. The bell is rung. The door flaps open. Leena Kapoor confirms she is the great-granddau... Read More
India, March 1 -- One sleepy afternoon in Old Delhi's David Street, a kind passerby helpfully points to a house. The bell is rung. The door flaps open. Leena Kapoor confirms she is the great-granddaug... Read More
India, Feb. 26 -- Red, brown, purple and many shades of green: Rajesh's vegetable cart is full of colours. The red is, of course, the red of the tomato. But there is another red present, sighted not o... Read More
India, Feb. 25 -- Some facts are as unbendable as iron. Gurugram is so old that it traces its name to the ancient days of Mahabharat. Gurugram is simultaneously so new that it is also known as the Mil... Read More
India, Feb. 24 -- To be a flower is a profound responsibility. The cyclic return to bloom gives our unstable world a sense of consoling predictability. It is thus a relief to break the news that the s... Read More
India, Feb. 23 -- To be a flower is a profound responsibility. The cyclic return to bloom gives our unstable world a sense of consoling predictability. It is thus a relief to break the news that the s... Read More