The Cirque du Soleil has long been on my bucket list and I was absolutely excited when Citibank and Bookmyshow brought them to Bombay. I managed to get tickets months ago. I was so looking forward to seeing this spectacle. The long wait finally got over, and just two days before the show #lovethisman dropped…

Indian summers are so extreme. Here in Pune, the mercury hits 40C+ and it’s pure hell. The whole world is wilted and wrung out. Food is a distant memory. I can’t even imagine eating anything I cannot slurp, preferably cold. I hate the heat in the kitchen. Soups, casseroles, stews and gravies seem like far…

This was my second trip to Kashmir, also in the middle of winter. It was, as last time, freezing cold. There are two sides to Kashmir: the poet Amir Khusro’s immortal Moghul wonderland or ‘Paradise on earth’ sadly juxtaposed against a valley filled with bitterness and pain, a people homeless and despairing . Which is…

My recent trip to Kashmir in freezing January was as a tourist on my Producer Husband’s shoot for a car commercial. Our Key Grip is a known foodie and he had been grumbling about a local delicacy ‘harisa’ at every meal. He claimed he was longing to eat it, it was delicious. And his ravings…

We celebrate Christmas a home and despite my best attentions, I am way out of my league where my Mother-in-law and other relatives are concerned. I’m just never that organised or ready for Christmas. I don’t dunk my Christmas cake fruit in brandy each September. I don’t have a menu planned or a guest list…