The robbers had clean hands
Here’s a slightly mad story for you, from the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. 2 young men enter a jewellery shop. Following Covid protocol, they are wearing masks and …
Bring on the ice-skating bagpipers!
Of late I am feeling (along with about 99% of the world’s population, I suspect) very fed up & cast-down by the virus + the apparent helplessness of most of …
10 weeks. 10 o’clock. 10 minutes.
Take 10 minutes. That’s what our Delhi government is asking us all to do, starting from today – to take 10 minutes, once a week, to check that there is …
Thinking (& fretting) aloud
As I write – Saturday evening, just before 7pm in Delhi – there is a fair old storm overhead. The earlier torrential rain has eased up a little, but now …
Now, about that “allegedly faked” Everest summit
Thanks to everyone who joined in the discussion around my latest post, about faking an Everest summit. For those of you who didn’t read my blog yesterday, here’s the link. …
Why would you do this?
Why on earth would you fake having summited Everest? When I saw this story in my morning paper, it reminded me of the scandal a few years ago, when an …