Perfect Days
The description of a visit to Japan disguised as a movie review
9 min read
Monday, 8 April, 2024
Games of luck
A series of Proustian moments, and some dessert
6 min read
Friday, 18 August, 2023
A needle in motion
Of optimism, realism and a joie de vivre
3 min read
Monday, 13 March, 2023
Cheat code
An easy journey to a beautiful destination
5 min read
Monday, 28 November, 2022
An Insidious Loss
In Paris, a remembrance of things past
7 min read
Saturday, 25 June, 2022
Habitat for humanity
A story of the iconography of power and ambition in Delhi
6 min read
Wednesday, 16 February, 2022
Happy New Year
Lessons from the most visual representation of the passage of time
3 min read
Sunday, 7 March, 2021
Only in Calcutta
The old and the new, in a heaving metropolis
5 min read
Saturday, 28 March, 2020
The Two Synagogues
Refuge, trade and worship: Jews in Pune
4 min read
Saturday, 15 February, 2020
The houses they built
Karol Bagh and the sound of argument
6 min read
Saturday, 4 January, 2020
The perils of ideality
A window into a different sort of reality: a week-long adventure in Cambridge, and encounters with the future and the past
8 min read
Saturday, 14 September, 2019
A lemon cheesecake, and other desires
An account of an eclectic day-trip
4 min read
Monday, 2 September, 2019
Polite Society
What does a cinema hall say about a city? A review of 'Yesterday' from Mumbai
8 min read
Saturday, 27 July, 2019
The generosity of trees
A personal history, intertwined with the Amaltas
6 min read
Sunday, 12 May, 2019
The rebellion of straight lines
An introduction to Chandigarh
5 min read
Tuesday, 2 April, 2019
Leaving Delhi
An unforgettable journey with a Chief Architect
4 min read
Thursday, 28 March, 2019
New Delhi Times
Shashi Kapoor and New Delhi of the 1980s
3 min read
Saturday, 26 May, 2018
Broken Windows and Painted Walls
The transoceanic application of an economic theory
3 min read
Wednesday, 11 January, 2017