Friday photo: Vada Pav
by As my teeth sank into the soft cloud of pav and the crispy vada, it was almost as if I was biting into the original …
Category: Maharashtra
City of small things
My ode to Mumbai was published in the April issue of Silverkris, the inflight magazine of Singapore Airlines – read it online here (all the …
Games people play: more on Ganjifa
The Ganjifa playing cards tradition is believed to have entered India with the Mughals (Farsi ganj for treasure or ganjifeh for playing cards, according to …
Seaside story
“So do you want to meet the queen?” Whatever I am expecting, it is not this. I turn to him with a startled look. I …
Idyll by the sea
A good holiday is one that is spent among people whose notions of time are vaguer than yours ~ J. B. Priestley. I smiled as …
Footprints on the sand
I am looking out of the window of my room in Sindhudurg at the rain crashing down, as I sip the ginger tea (my fourth …
Come home to Sindhudurg
My piece on the Culture Aangan homestays in Sindhudurg appeared in yesterday’s Mid day – here it is… *** ‘Safety on the roads is safe …
Vengurla: footprints on the sand
Early morning at Vengurla jetty… And then a beach to ourselves at Sagareshwar. Only crows and a few fishermen for company. Information: this was last …