Lime, coconuts and juicy juicy mangoes
Date: 24 April Location: front deck, bamboo houseboat, Keralan backwaters Notable sightings: lots of other houseboats There's quite a lot of magic in Kochi. Sprawling across several islands just off […]
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The supporting caste
Date: 18 April Location: looking out at the jungle, Periyar National Park Notable sightings: yesterday, an elephant blessed me with his trunk at the Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai; today, […]
Subcontinental adrift
Date: 13 April, Palm Sunday / Tamil New Year's Eve Location: sunny rooftop, Pride Hotel, Chennai Notable sightings: my first rogue cow, stunning Dravidian architecture, slums and sidewalk sleepers Marriage […]
An unsettlingly big place 