Godspeed, your Majesty
I woke up early, here in India, to the sad news that our beloved queen, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, had died yesterday. There were messages waiting from my children …
Of colonial legacies and Her Majesty the Queen
My news feed is decidedly schizophrenic right now. (Am I even allowed to use that word these days? Or is it too un-PC?) Let me explain. One the one hand, …
So. Farewell then, Rajpath
I’m no E. J. Thribb, so I won’t write a poem. Instead, I’ll confine myself to the bare facts. Today, yet another deemed colonial vestige was obliterated from the Delhi …
My Hindi word of the day: Kartavya
On a day when one of Delhi’s most iconic roads – if not THE most iconic road – was hastily renamed Kartavyapath, there could be no other word of the …
Where do I start…?
It’s been a while since I blogged, I know. Although I’ve been fortunate and have thus far “escaped” Covid, its effects have impacted me more than I expected. Lots of …
How to lose 154,000 years of tree life
I learned something very sobering this morning about trees. And then the day brought even more tree gloom. Please bear with me, dear reader, and let me share with you …