Indian vs western fashion: what should Mumbaikars wear?
I went to an interview this morning in a Mumbai hotel basement. A young Indian woman in a sari greeted me. I presumed she was one of the hotel staff, as at these high-end hotels, they often dress in...
View ArticleThe beauty of Mumbai when it is deserted
I have spent the past few days with monsoon food poisoning and been stuck in my flat together with my cats for a few days, waiting for the diarrhoea to wear off, and also to gather my strength. I went...
View ArticleMy love of dressing down and casual places
I watched Spain beat the Netherlands in the World Cup in a small trendy but casual Moroccan-style café/bar called Mocha in Mumbai on Sunday night. The atmosphere was amazing. The place was packed with...
View ArticleThe nightmare of online dating
Ok, well for those of you that said I was being over optimistic with the dating of ‘my new Indian male interest,’ err, well you were right. It lasted three weeks, to the day. Good thing, probably, as...
View ArticleThe fiasco that is the Commonwealth Games
“India has an amazing ability to muddle up things. The goons in Bihar are running the show when the country is aspiring to be a world leader,” author Charles Allen once said in an interview to...
View ArticleLeaving India for good…
When I started planning to move to India in 2005, my friends said I was mad. “How can you work in a newspaper there? You don’t even speak Hindi,” one said.“It will ruin your career,” another said. “You...
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