28th September 2012
Weekends in Mumbai, once the monsoon has passed, can involve a variety of activities: walks along the 5km Marine Drive past the art deco buildings and the landmark Oberoi hotel, brunch in one of the expanding range of cafes and restaurants around the town, a round of golf on what must count as one of […]
21st December 2010
I am proud and a little relieved that my wife completed her trek in the footsteps of Gandhi. I am proud and a little relieved to write after my last blog that my wife completed her 350 kilometre trek in the footsteps of Gandhi’s famous Salt March of 1930 at the beginning of December. The […]
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21st September 2010
A group of UK students visiting Mumbai in August heard from one lecturer that the city was a “melting pot” or a “mosaic” of different religions. If they had been able to stay on until September the students would have seen for themselves a graphic and vivid demonstration of the lecturer’s words springing to life. […]
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