Music to my ears
Having just driven down from the hills back to Delhi, our ears are still ringing from the endless car honking that constitutes much of Indian driving. So I, for one, …
Category: Incredible India
There really is nowt so queer as folk
I’ve shared with you before my classic go-to Yorkshire expression “There’s nowt so queer as folk.” If the bizarre story below didn’t involve a rape trial, it would be laugh-aloud …
Please meet the brothers Canon, Nikon & Epson
Hot on the heels of the story I shared with you a few days ago about the brothers Socialism, Communism and Leninism (& don’t forget little baby Marxism, of course), …
Meet the brothers Socialism, Communism and Leninism
Sometimes India makes me laugh out loud with sheer delight. And the story I am about to share with you now is one that did just that. This is the …
The strange tale of the drunk cattle
To put the following completely dotty story about drunk cattle in perspective, you first need to know that the Indian state of Gujarat (where this story takes place) is a …
Meet the matching tailors of Kerala
Hello, here I am, back to blogging after a month. Guilty as charged. In my defence, it has been a pretty stressful month, during which I lost two very close …