Tag: India

  • A Raja of the Road

    Balvinder Singh, son of Punjab Singh, Prince of Taxi Drivers, may your moustache never grow grey! Nor your liver cave in with cirrhosis. Nor your precious Hindustan Ambassador ever again crumple in a collision – like the one we had with the van carrying Mongo Frooty Drink. Although during my first year in Delhi I…

  • The pounding waves

      For me, sitting relaxed in a beach-front café, watching the sun set over the Indian Ocean, the fishing boats setting out for the night present an idyllic scene: life in all its richness, there for all to enjoy. For the stripped-down men, battling their way against the incessant, pounding waves, the reality is so,…