“If you go back to the 16th century, the Portuguese had complete monopoly over the sea trade route to India…
Hitting pause
It’s 9 a.m. The crowd is just starting to spill on to the road outside Chembur station. I try to…
When the jungle calls
“Don’t grab the crabs!” the major said, laughing. “Just gently pass the branches behind.” We looked at each other, the…
Say cheese
It had almost become my morning ritual. I would walk up the stairs at Daragaon village retreat to see if…
Wrapped in green
It was the only choice. He didn’t have Pulimunchi. The Mangalorean fish curry had felt like home stranded in Pondicherry during…
On top of the world
Early in November, Harish Kapadia was conferred the Piolets D’Or Asia Lifetime Achievement Award from the Union of Asian Alpine Associations,…
Art by the bay
You smell Sassoon Docks before you see it. The olfactory hints grow stronger past the red and white archway, as…
Indigo diaries
They were among the first ones to go up. Flapping back and forth on the flimsy wire, my eyes kept…
Small joys
It’s always about the simpler things in life with the boy from the hills. Of brushing off one’s shoes, encounters…
Microcosm
The ghats are where the action is. Walk alongside and you will find kids playing cricket on each stretch. In…
Becoming a child at Kahani Tree
“Aaaaaaaaccchhhooooooooooooooooooooooooo” Blork! Bluurf! I seem to have caught Gajapati Kulapati’s cold. Just wait till I catch hold of that elephant…
A bibliophile’s guide to the city’s bookstores
The last time I visited a bookstore (which was just last week), I sat down to read Neil Gaiman’s The View…
