Connaught Place is the centre of Lutyens Delhi, conveniently pinpointed by an enormous flagpole (to the far left of the aerial photo; that photo is only half of Connaught Place) within a circular “Central Park” from which concentric circles of road and 1930s Georgian-style buildings radiate. The buildings around the rings are grand, colonnaded and […]
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At the end of a six-day working week, staying and working in the Taj Mahal Hotel, New Delhi, a peaceful, luxurious five star hotel, my friend and I had the Sunday off and decided to visit the Red Fort. Around the hotel are wide, tree-lined streets with an idyllic abundance of squirrels, birds, trees and
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I am wearing colourful, billowy swathes of lightweight fabric which are flying out of the auto-rickshaw I’m travelling in at a perilously fast speed through chaotic, noisy traffic. I may look bohemian and laid back, with an orange paint dot on my forehead, but I’m hanging on for dear life, awake in the fullest sense
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Having spent around two months in India over the past year, it has proved impossible to maintain my avoidance of the numerous stalls selling bangles, necklaces and earrings. Prior to my India trips, I had only rarely worn one bangle, maybe once every five years a pair of earrings and only occasionally a few of
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Poha/pohe/powa/pawa is flattened rice that resembles a cross between oats and soap flakes and is the name for a spiced Indian breakfast dish consisting of, unsurprisingly, poha. This morning, I made my first poha, which my partner politely ate, despite it being dry and a far larger portion than your average experimental serving. Full credit
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La Folie du Chocolat, incorporating Koinonia Coffee Roasters, No. 16, Commerce House, Rope Walk Lane, Kala Ghoda, Mumbai February, 2018. A Sunday afternoon and a Wednesday afternoon (*score out of 10) The flat white: 8. Sunday’s coffee was a much needed jetlag antidote, Wednesday’s was a comfort coffee. Both consistently excellent, the coffee and the
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