The sun was beating down on us as the driver parked the car. “It’s hot,” my sister complained as we alighted and my mother threw her a long-suffering look. I had to concur with her on her statement. It was indeed very hot, but I was in no mood to rile my mother any further. […]

The first part of this post can be found here.“No!” my friend wailed as she read the newspapers, “Manneys is closing down!” “What?” I thundered, leaning over to snatch the newspaper from her. There were similar groans of disappointment in our general vicinity as the news spread. Sadness could not even cover the depth of […]

It was in late August last year that I fell in love with Pune again. Being a quintessential Punekar, I have – nay, I am honour-bound to have an obsessive love for my city. Though Pune is a city of traditions, it constantly throws up new surprises, enchanting its denizens, and inevitably bolstering their immovable […]

  “What was that?” my sister asked, leaning over the edge of the boat. I kept a firm grasp on her arm. The shadowy shape in the water darted away, and disappeared under the waves. She slumped, disappointed. The sea was a perfect turquoise and the tassels on the awning of our boat fluttered in […]

They assured me before I landed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, that yes, everyone would speak English and no, Puerto Rico did not want to be a country outside of the United States. So I came prepared with some vague notions of the Caribbean and a pair of shorts because in March, Puerto Rico had […]