Of peacocks and other such gorgeousness
I’m feeling simultaneously both overwhelmed by the news/underwhelmed by the words of our political masters. So I’m going to eschew any discussion of Coronavirus, or whether or not the Chinese …
Category: Incredible India
Meeting the emus of south Delhi
I kid you not. There is a pair of emus, living in a small neighbourhood park in Vasant Vihar, in south Delhi. There are loads of other birds there too, …
Say hello to baby Corona & baby Covid
Amidst all the dreadful news, here’s a cute lil’ story from India for you. In Raipur, in the state of Chhattisgarh, twins (a boy & a girl) were born on …
When your parents wreck your wedding
In the west, most jokes about the pitfalls of marriage are centred on the bride‘s mother. In India, it isn’t so much a question of jokes but (sad to say) …
Begone, all ye bombastic words
For any student of India, or of the use of language, the story I’m about to share with you is totally delicious. Just imagine, if you will, that the Delhi …
This is probably the oddest headline you will see today…
What a peculiar story. And despite the eye-catching headline, it’s also a sad story. An old man is conned out of his property, that had been given to him by …