Ahead of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari’s “private visit” to India this month, noted Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid looks at Pakistan’s state of domestic and international affairs. As its relationship with long-time ally, the United States, lurches from one crisis to another, Mr. Rashid describes Pakistan’s handling of its ally, the [...]
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Pakistan On The Brink: Q&A With ...
Ahead of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari’s “private visit” to India this month, noted Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid looks at Pakistan’s state of domestic and international affairs. As its relationship with long-time ally, the United States, lurches from one crisis to another, Mr. Rashid describes Pakistan’s handling of its ally, the [...]
Q&A: Michelin-starred MasterChef...
Is Amritsar-born Michelin-starred chef Vikas Khanna on the road to becoming cooking’s latest crossover star? A Cordon Bleu chef and executive chef at Junoon restaurant in New York, Mr. Khanna’s main inspiration stems from the mustard fields of Punjab.
Currently the co-host of cooking program MasterChef India 2, Mr. Khanna spoke to India Real [...]
Who Wants To Be Bruce Lee?
A few weeks ago, I witnessed the unfortunate collapse of my weakly-structured exercise regime. A bout of laziness steered me away from the gym. Too many “cat poses” and “downward dog” postures saw me crawl away on all fours from my power yoga class and some pointing and laughing at my dancing abilities at my salsa lessons saw me slink away i [...]
The Bangalore Metro: Carnival On Whee...
Commuting in Bangalore isn’t for the faint-hearted.
Almost three months after moving to India’s IT hub, I had barely ventured out of my apartment.
Shifting to the city from Mumbai, where I had navigated short distances by puttering about in an auto-rickshaw and traversed larger areas by hopping on a local train, my mobility was ruthlessly cur [...]
The Iran Crisis: Expert Trita Parsi o...
Tensions over a nuclear-armed Iran continue to keep oil on the boil with Brent crude hovering around $125 a barrel. With no end in sight to the standoff between the West and Iran, India has its work cut out.
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Getting Married in India? Don’t...
(Pic Courtesy: Outlook India)
Oh snoopers of the world UNITE! I was always told that if you snoop around–you would never find anything nice. It’s a great thought, but that hasn’t stopped me from being sneaky–snooping around without a care in the world, facebook stalking, email checking, and being alarmingly insouciant [...]
Back in the Motherland
It’s like a voice from beyond the crypt, I am sure! But, just wanted to say I have been away from indiejourno for way too long!
I just moved to Mumbai and as you can all imagine what that might be like. Exciting, exhausting and completely chaotic. But I promise to have more updates…including posts about life in Mumbai plus a few b [...]
The World’s Highest Mountains N...
Nanda Devi looking west from Chandrashila (Pic: Bibek Bhattacharya)
Trying to find good trekking and topographical maps in India is somewhat like the proverbial head meeting the proverbial wall. My year of looking for the perfect set of maps- primarily of the Indian Himalayas, but also of other places- has yielded rather interesting results.
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