India, July 17 -- Somewhere in the folds of the Western Ghats, where the Mumbai-Pune Expressway slips off at Lonavala into quieter country, a piece of land is being reshaped into what will, by this ti... Read More
India, July 17 -- Every literate human on Earth has used stationery. We know what pencils are supposed to do. We instinctively shake a ball-point pen to coax the ink towards the nib. We've refilled a ... Read More
India, July 17 -- There is something to the theory that the older you grow, the more you regress to how you were as a child. Well, it's certainly proving true in my case. Brought up in a very orthodo... Read More
India, July 17 -- I love ice-cream. Not most industrial Indian ice-cream perhaps, but rich, creamy ice-cream with a nice fattiness to coat the tongue and a distinct flavour that hits the palate. The ... Read More
India, July 17 -- The fragrance industry is smellmaxxing. Shelves no longer hold just marquee brands and duty-free favourites. There are homegrown brands in the mix, plus scents from the Middle-East, ... Read More
India, July 17 -- Chronically online. Meme fluent. Good vibes only. Who knew we'd see a world in which that was legit job description? Workplace roles are changing faster than we can say "quiet quitti... Read More
India, July 10 -- Imagine a coconut tree. Now, imagine rows upon rows of human figures, painstakingly carved from wood and pinned onto the tree with long, sharp nails. Their bland expressions normalis... Read More
India, July 10 -- Over the past few years, I have always devoted two columns annually to books, compiling a list of summer and winter reads to share with all of you. This year, I decided to do somethi... Read More
India, July 10 -- These days, I go to London relatively rarely, so I try and spend the few meals I have in the city at new restaurants just to get a sense of what's happening in the food scene. My tr... Read More
India, July 10 -- Bookbinding. For anyone with a serious book collection, this is the most satisfying upgrade. Tear the cover off a tired paperback, sew on your own cover. Or create a notebook from sc... Read More