Going to school

12 Nov 202012 Nov 2020

Going to schoolBoy was taken one day to a strange building by his parents and after some bewildering conversation with a man in a funny white gown, was fussed over…

SUSPICION

18 May 202017 May 2020

Suspicion This was just before the Covid lockdown had started. I was at a busy airport in India, on my way to Delhi. I encountered a young Sikh gentleman, obviously…

Bong in Delhi

23 Apr 201923 Apr 2019

Bong in Delhi   I first arrived in Delhi many decades ago, a shy geek from Kolkata, overwhelmed by the glamorous capital city and clueless about its denizens and language. …

Rastrabhasha

11 Aug 201612 Aug 2016

Rashtrabhasha Until I came to Delhi my interaction with the Rashtrabhasha were limited to 3 types of encounters, as a third language in school between the classes of six and…