Elections & sycophancy & an encounter with buffalo
There are elections on today in 3 states in India, including Haryana, the neighbouring state to Delhi. Gurgaon, a new satellite city of Delhi is in Haryana, so friends who …
Hindi & a bit of Hinglish
Corinne, a French friend, asked for some explanations of Hindi words I have used, so here goes (and Hindi speakers, please feel free to correct me) *shutterbug – excited Indian …
Squatters & Hindi slang
Last night, we had friends around for drinks, and the subject turned to my walk yesterday in Mehrauli. “Oh,” says Karan, who lives very close to the monument we couldn’t …
Adventures in Mehrauli
This morning I went on an early morning heritage walk around Mehrauli, meeting up with Sunday-morning walking friends whom I haven’t seen for months. We tend to walk and explore …
Back to blogging
Namaste. Hello and welcome. I have decided to get back to blogging, after a tentative start earlier in the year, which sadly petered out because of website glitches. So, I …
It’s officially a heatwave
So that’s it, then. The 42° yesterday and the predicted 42° for today means that it is officially a heatwave. Apparently the temperature has to be 5° over the norm, …