Chak de India!
In a little over half an hour India will have its real “chak de” moment, as opposed to the reel version, when the women’s hockey team plays in the Olympic …
Category: India
Rowdies beware!
Over the last few days I have shared with you 2 delicious stories about wonderful south Indian names – remember the political brothers and the photographic brothers? And just yesterday …
Your Hindi word of the day: mawali
Politicians are very useful people. Especially for people like me, who still have so much Hindi vocab to learn. Yesterday, our esteemed Minister of State in the Ministry of External …
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), …
RIP Danish Siddiqui
A young man was killed today in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Danish Siddiqui, a renowned Indian photojournalist, a Pulitzer Prize winner, worked with Reuters. I have never met Mr. Siddiqui but I …
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 …