Maggi, My Love

I remember discovering Maggi one day when I was a kid. I must have been around ten years old at the time and it is likely that Maggi had just hit Indian markets. I don’t recall whether I was in Chandigarh or Delhi, but I do recall tearing open packets and devouring the contents raw, [...]

Going to Ladakh

I’m oscillating between hope and despair in the final few days before leaving for Leh. The reason: I’ve been down with a virulent viral since last week. Over the weekend, the fever came and went and I was not averse to spending long hours lying in bed and doing nothing - most unusual for me. [...]

On Beauty

From a young age, I’ve been ugly.
Now wait a second. Before you start assuring me that I’m not ugly, that beauty is only skin deep anyway, and before you start giving me all those other platitudes about beauty, brains and judging a book by its cover and so on, let me finish.
Perhaps it’s debatable whether [...]