Bargaining at Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar
by Istanbuls’ Grand Bazaar, or Kapalıçarşı (meaning ‘covered market’) speaks directly to every Indian’s heart. Over 550 years old, this market has over 3000 shops inside …
Category: Turkey
Friday photo: Istanbul
I’ve been there twice and it remains one of my favourite cities (see, this is the second time it’s been on the Friday photo series) …
Friday photo: Turkey
This Friday, an image of the whirling dervishes of Turkey. And my story on them from a long time ago in Mint Lounge – read …
Turkish beauty
The women of Turkey must be among the most beautiful in the world. Unlike their brash men, the women are simple and graceful and shy. …
In praise of the Dondurma
Turkey has no paucity of desserts – the gooey chewy Turkish delight, the crumbly Kadayif, the sinful irresistible Baklava. But the most interesting of them …
Istanbul: top 10 attractions
I am thinking today of one of my favourite cities – it is almost two years since I visited Turkey and I have written a …
Turkish delights
“I am not a terrorist or a thief, I am only trying to help you”. This is a new one. Walking through the Sultanahment area …
Outwhirling the dervish
Published in Mint Lounge as Going round in circles… She could throw a whirling dervish out of whirl. I cannot get this line out of …