Category: – Cities and places

When we went on our holiday, we had no idea it would turn out to be a pilgrimage of sorts… first a too-short day at Amritsar, a few days at Mcleodganj and then a weekend in Delhi, time divided between a hasty visit to the Ganpati temple and a more leisurely hour at Juma Masjid.… Continue reading Faith or religion?

Ek akela is shahr me… It is difficult to feel crowded when the entire sea and sky are stretching out in front of you… That is where Bombay finds its space. One of the places. Also… In a book read standing in the super-crowded ladies compartment of the Borivili local in the evening. In fingers… Continue reading Space and the city

I walked into the Lalbagh Horticultural Trade Show today – also deceptively called the Lalbagh Flower Show. And walkedout in twenty minutes. For a few disoriented minutes, I believed I was back at Dadar station, the way I got pushed and elbowed, except I heard lots of Telugu around me (not Kannada, not Tamil) and… Continue reading Lalbagh: what flower show?

[Continued from an earlier post – let me count the ways…] Atmosphere – that is the word that describes Crystal – the tiny place is thick with that elusive quality called atmosphere. Not to be confused with that other abused word ambience. If Crystal had a cool ad agency to create a positioning statement for… Continue reading Table for three at crystal

So what’s the big deal about this photograph? This was taken at Covent Garden more than two weeks before the UK went smoke-free… This is where the man was standing and smoking his afternoon cigar. Notice the signboard on top of his head: I have a couple of posts on London and around up on… Continue reading UK goes smoke-free

Life has come full circle from ten years ago – when I moved to Bombay, job in hand, PG room in Khar, four-figured salary (gasp! what will I do with all that money? and my own visiting card with my own name!) – and nights out in what used to be called ‘town’ (still is?).… Continue reading Let me count the ways…