Hands up everyone who fears that the sequel to a brilliant movie can only be a bit of a let-down? You can all safely put your hands down. The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is every bit as smashing as the first film. Lovely, lovely film, which had us laughing out loud …
At first I thought it was an age thing. As in “I am SO old that clearly I don’t get the humour of youngsters today.” But then I looked at my husband and another friend our age, and they looked as mystified as I did. Then I thought, “Oh, it’s because …
It’s taken a while, but I finally visited a Starbucks in India. The fact that I ended up in the wrong Starbucks for my first-time meeting with a well-known author is not especially relevant to this review, other than the fact that sitting alone (in the wrong place, you remember) …
I have just returned from my first ever visit to the Siri Fort Sports Complex in Delhi, and at first I thought, “How can I review it after only one session there? Hardly seems fair.” And then I thought, “Hang on, I will happily write a review of a restaurant after …
I am a big fan of the Tiffinware range of gorgeous household items, and have shared them with you in two earlier blog posts – here they are, to remind you. Review one and two. Risham Chawla, the talented Delhi based designer, has recently introduced some delightful coffee cups, and for …
It is 6.30 pm on a bitterly cold New Year’s Eve when I go into the pretty bakery “Bread & More” in Vasant Vihar. There isn’t much bread on the shelves, but before I can say a word, one of the staff members tells me fresh bread will be delivered …
It’s been a while since I was last in Kolkata, which was known as Calcutta then. That’s how long it has been, and then some. On a fabulous journey of re-discovery last week, we checked out one of the old time classics of this great city – Mogambo. It has …
We have just returned from yet another delightful stay at the Himalayan Trout House, a cute lodge in Nagini village, run by Shefali & Christopher Mitra, who (in the interests of full disclosure) have now become friends, rather than simply lodge-owners. I am a little unsure how many times we have …
With a menagerie of note in our house, trips to the vet are frequent, and – sometimes – as the critters get older, they need an x-ray or a blood test. Over the years I have been several times to the excellent VETLAB. I go to the Central Lab, which …
