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
India, Aug. 3 -- Dear Reader, The Booker Prize longlist is out and our most discussed book of the year is on it! For weeks we have been obsessed with this brilliantly constructed novella. What is th... Read More
India, July 27 -- Dear Reader, When I return to Mumbai, I find my bedcovers smelling musty. They remind me of a friend's complaint about her South American trip-how the rainforest's beauty came with ... Read More
India, July 20 -- Dear Reader, When I return home to Mumbai, my second-favourite thing is being reunited with my books. I wander through the different rooms, and through the morning my desk piles up ... Read More
India, July 13 -- Dear Reader, For months I resisted reading Caledonian Road. Never mind the rave reviews, the prizes it was picking up, and that it was plastered over the window displays of all of L... Read More
India, July 6 -- Dear Reader, The traffic ahead of us has stopped. It's been two hours since we left Manali, on our way to Dharamsala, but now we can go no further. Blocking the narrow mountain road ... Read More