Desert Traditions
…where new journeys into life, tradition & culture begin
Other Sides of Mumbai
January 8, 2014
Just like any other mega city in today’s world, Mumbai is multi-lingual, multi-layered and multi-facetted. It’s like a well cut gem – containing hidden depths and reflecting all aspects of
Stop, Look, Listen and Breathe
May 29, 2013
Turn back the clock. It is 1988. Switch on your television, sit back and be fearful – for the world as we know it is coming to an end. David
Sometimes in India
March 27, 2013
He was the first person to board the flight – wheeled across the scorching tarmac, manhandled up the steep steps and unceremoniously placed in an aisle seat at the rear
Remember The Living Earth?
February 14, 2013
Food for thought. The problem with clearing out my office is that the work expands exponentially; I pick up a box of photos, a pile of papers, a wad of
From Superwoman to Supersloth in Four Moves
February 13, 2013
I just received an email from a friend and erstwhile colleague. After much deliberation she has decided not to assist me with a marketing plan; her mother is unwell, her
Fire and Plumstones
February 6, 2013
January and it rained at last and the acrid stench of wet, newly burnt land, livestock, wildlife and property dulled any sense of relief. Each day television crews working at
Postcard from Ahmedabad
November 9, 2012
After a rock’n’roll overnight train trip from Bhuj I emerged into the early morning chorus of chaos as Ahmedabad rubbed its eyes and blinked awake into a new day. Taxi
Tickling the Senses
October 26, 2012
The idea of being in India is such a tease. The week before I leave she, the idea, repeats her customary monsoon mantra – rumbling, boiling and building up until
