It was a surprising way for me to be served tea in the above manner. Amusing and confusing at the same time.
I had to raise the cup and slurp in the chai from the saucer first, while the cup’s bottom rim dripped. A few other first timers with me chose to finish some from their [...]
“China ka maal! Naya maal! Kamaal ka maal!
Dekho! Dekho!”
Sounds I heard while walking through the markets of old Ahmedabad, through a somewhat considerable crowd around a cart. Mobile shops signs also say something similar. And so do some e-shopping ads in the papers.
We would probably frown upon the “Made in China” label sometime or the [...]
The land of stock photography is more coloured now. It has acquired a few new shades.
Now flooded with pictures of Indians, proliferation was never before expected to show its traits in such ways.
Wherever you search, something Indian would appear atleast once on each page of the search result. No more are we depicted through [...]
Another power of Yoga revealed! Past Control! Sigh… Wish they could really do that!
The one survival tactic one needs to survive in a country like India is perfecting the art of ignoring anything and everything.
We all have learnt to ignore men fertilizing any plant they can find on the street and often mistaking walls for plants. They’ve learnt to ignore the thousands of people walking by.
We ignore people [...]