Hidden
Date: 5 May Location: Ramaraja restaurant rooftop, Orchha, Madhya Pradesh Notable sightings: a pre-monsoon storm. Monuments seen: god, countless. Tonight we're staying in tents in Orchha. But saying they're 'just […]
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A tribute to love that almost bankrupt an empire
Date: 4 May Location: a “deluxe permanent tent”, the village of Orchha Notable sightings: The Taj Mahal! That's all. Posted with Blogsy
Cool in the shade of the colonial manor garden
Date: 2 May Location: the shaded terrace, Bhanwar Vila, the local Maharajah's palace-come-homestay, Karauli Notable sightings: peacocks (I love peacocks); a swimming pool that looks like its been here since […]
Jai ho!
Date: 1 May Location: Ganesham Textiles, Jaipur, waiting for tailor to make alerations to garments. Dresses ordered from the tailor: Only two, demonstrating remarkable and uncharacteristic self restraint. Notable sightings: […]
Not precisely Delhi-ghtful
Date: 30 April Location: seat 45, Carriage C4 (upper class), “express” train from Delhi, NCR to Jaipur, Rajasthan. Notable sightings: So many bare bottoms, thankfully blurred, as the poorest Delhites […]
The Capitol.
Date: 28 April Location: Elma's (for morning tea), trendy Hauz Khas village, Delhi Notable sightings: Fader. They're playing the Temper Trap album here. Landing at night, in a city I've […]
“The accumulation of time in walls”
Date: 27 April Location: seat 35A, Jet Airways flight from Trivandrum to Mumbai, en route to Delhi Notable sightings: Indian airplane food. Not as bad as you might think. (Effect: […]
The Deep South: the ocean and the opium
Date: 26 April Location: deck chair, sunny Kovlam Lighthouse beach, watching the Indian boys try to surf (so many lols) Notable sightings: the Indian Ocean from India, cold beers (a […]
The cast and crew: Team Southern India
Date: 15 April Location: the oldest colonial cafe in India, The Boulevard, Pondicherry Notable sightings: no zoo 😦 My goodness, I seem to be overly capable of getting myself into […]
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 