India, Oct. 26 -- It is lunchtime in Baku. We are sitting outdoors at a long table in the shadow of the Walled City's sandstone walls, sipping a tall glass of blood-red pomegranate juice. It feels bo... Read More
India, Oct. 19 -- Dear Reader, When I think of Diwali, I think of the scent of flowers, of lilies and marigolds. Of my mother's voice calling us to gather for the puja. Of the brass plate of flowers ... Read More
India, Oct. 12 -- Dear Reader, I grew up in a family where eating with one's hands was considered uncouth. My Oxbridge-educated grandfathers were in awe of all things Western, from the opera to the a... Read More
India, Sept. 21 -- Dear Reader, It's the season for tell-alls. First, the haunting mother-daughter story in Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy. And now comes All The Way to the River, a memoi... Read More
India, Sept. 14 -- Dear Reader, I do not want to write about Mother Mary Comes to Me. And yet this is the book everyone is talking about. Since the book released on August 28, there have been book e... Read More
India, Sept. 7 -- Dear Reader, There have been more floods since last week. More landslides. Mostly there is no electricity. When it comes, for a few hours a day, I rush around crazily, charging Kin... Read More
India, Aug. 31 -- Dear Reader, I am walking down the hillside to buy bread when I hear a roar. It is the Manalsu river, named after the ancient sage Manu, the same sage Manali is named after. But to... Read More
India, Aug. 24 -- Dear Reader, The first woman chief of British Intelligence (MI5) died earlier this month. Dame Stella Rimington, who passed away at 90 years on August 3 was the inspiration for the ... Read More
India, Aug. 14 -- Letter To My Country, When my siblings and I were young, we saved the ribbed fancy sheets from imported chocolate boxes. A week before your birthday, Independence Day, we would pain... Read More
India, Aug. 10 -- Dear Reader, I need a minute to breathe. I need a minute to make a list of everything I need to do - to pack ten sets of clothes, my laptop, my tablet, my Kindle, each with its own ... Read More