

There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc café racer is one of them – but I want one anyway, and on some…

After telling me his story – from enfant terrible and Mall Road Romeo to successful farmer and responsible father and village oracle, he told me not to take his photograph…

Delhi – Agra – Gwalior – Orchha – Khajuraho is the hottest heritage circuit in the country. Starting with the Kosi Minars, mile stones from the Mughal era, along the…

A rose for Babur: The Aram Bagh
My heart, like the bud of the red, red rose
Lies fold within fold, aflame;
Would the breath of even a myriad springs
Blow my heart’s bud…

Even I'm done
One more Halloween. And more of Pirates and Jokers, Grim Reapers and Draculas. Isn’t it strange that in a country inundated with faith healers, psychic mediums, temple oracles,…

First blank then incredulous stares are flung my way when I ask a local the way to Taj Mahal.
‘In a city that grew around the Taj, you don’t know the…

Oh, alright: Bernie is angry too
Bernie Ecclestone is to Formula One what N Srinivasan is to Indian - and by extension international - cricket. At 82, the patriarch of the…

Transports everyone, even Nehru
Disclaimer: You are forgiven if you start to strut about, one hand behind your back, head tilted at an imperious angle. No hard feelings if you…

The gory so far.
A Swiss tourist was gangraped while cycling with a friend from Orchha in Madhya Pradesh to Agra. The assailants – five of them – then decamped with…