All hail the royal barges!
We had such an interesting afternoon, what was it? 2 days ago. Yes, 3rd September. We watched a rehearsal for one of Thailand’s most spectacular ceremonies, the centuries-old Royal Barge …
No monkeying around here, thank you very much!
There’s not a lot of cheerful news around at the moment, is there? Here in India we have many problems, a lot of social unrest and a government that has …
It’s raining, it’s pouring
Hello from downpour-y Delhi, where it hasn’t stopped raining all day. From a constant steady drizzle this morning to torrential mid-morning downpours and now, almost 7pm, ever more heavy rain, …
Nims Dai
Yesterday, like so many of you, I was saddened at the confirmation that all 10 climbers had indeed died in the avalanche on Broad Peak in Pakistan. Like so many …
Gosh! I mean, wow, gosh!
I read a pretty exciting article in my morning paper, about the upcoming Yuge Yugeen Bharat National Museum. (Nice mix of languages there, by the way.) I’d vaguely heard about …
Round one to the cockroaches
Let me state for the record that I am not running a news service, updating events as they happen. This is my personal blog. BUT. Sometimes. Just sometimes. Early this …