• Apr
    07

    ‘Oh-man’ special

    The serpentine expressways in Oman are something else. I commented on them as the swanky Chrysler pulled out from the airport

  • Mar
    24

    Cuban delights

    I live in Cuba. I’ll die in Cuba. I don’t know what freedom means…” Alexander, the burly tourist guide in Old Havana

  • Mar
    10

    Welcome to Karachi

    Clearly, I am a fast learner. Minutes after walking out of the Karachi international airport, after a rather eventful Pakistan International Airlines

  • Jan
    28

    High tea with Guv

    I’m writing this the morning after the night before India’s 63rd Republic Day went off without an “incident”, and we should be so relieved.

  • Dec
    31

    The saviour slips up

    One thing was proved in 2011: India needs better laundries. And dhobis. All our dirty linen was right there for the world to see.

  • Oct
    22

    Jolly good, Bollywood

    Which language do you people speak in India? Is it called ‘Errr-du’?” asked the dapper foreign gentleman