What is a seaside holiday without the sea? I tried the local seafood and it is as local as can be! And a delicious homemade Pork Kosha I cant stop dreaming of.
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Coincidences- Pondicherry 3
I did say my trip here was full of happy coincidences and a lot of serendipity. One totally unexpected coincidence was discovering my old friend from way back in 2007 is my host Arnab’ sibling. I met Gaurav Bose when he was a student at the Film Institute in Pune and we had a long…
Still not Pondicherry (2)
Part 2 of “its NOT Pondicherry!”
An offbeat guide to this little French colonial- Tamilian gem of a place in South India….foodies guide to Pondi!
Not Pondicherry
And now I am here, in unexpected Pondicherry, to rediscover who I truly am.
Postcards from Buenos Aires
#TBT 2016 winter Buenos Aires is as grand and sweeping a city as Paris, with magnificent avenidas and classical fin de siècle buildings, large squares and enormous public statuary and sculptures. What charmed me were the smaller barrios and the quaint, old-fashioned little bars and bodegas we stepped into. Known for music and Malbec wine,…
The Last Crumb, Amsterdam
a charming bakery for high tea and coffee in the middle of Amsterdam is a must visit every time I go there.
Panchi
Panchgani and Mahablaeshwar, colonial hill-stations of yore, never fail to delight and fill my belly. A must visit if you are this side of the world, especially in beautiful Winter.
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The New York Cafe, Budapest
May 2022 It’s almost unreal to walk into the New York Cafe, mostly because it’s the most unexpected place to find in Budapest. Iron Curtain severity co-mingles uneasily with pre-war splendour, as ornate palaces tower over retro box-car trams trundling across Soviet bridges made of iron. Everywhere the old and the older stand with the…
Mapusa Market
A sunny Friday spent at my most favourite market in the world: Mapusa Market in Goa! Old Goenche aunties, black jaggery and chorice, bread and chillies…..I never want to leave…..
Mamushka
Of Hot chocolate and Russian tea rooms in South America
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