Let them eat chocolate
Yeah, I know it’s bad form to start with an apology, but I’m going to do so all the same. Sorry for being a little quiet over the past few …
Oh, to be a cow in India!
As Robert Browning might well have said, had he been asked. (“Oh, to be in EnglandNow that April’s there…” Remember?) So yes, paraphrasing this lovely poem: “Oh, to be a …
Building in these Covid times
I know I’ve started previous blog posts this exact same way, thanking all of you who have got in touch, enquiring how we are here in Delhi. Clearly you are …
Lies, damned lies and statistics
In my last blog post, I told you how I’d managed to register the 6 eligible people in our household for their vaccinations on the government portal. The site worked …
“Those who died will never come back…”
“…There’s no point debating if the number of deaths is actually more or less.” Thus spake the esteemed Chief Minister of Haryana, the state just down the road, home to …
Every day, more tears
From the ongoing tide of lovely, caring, worried messages and calls from friends and family around the world, you are all clearly up to speed with the horrific situation here …