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Memsahib’s Diary: Dance of democracy in two countries
Sawubona India! Namaste Africa! Before moving permanently to India, we used to live in Africa for 10 wonderful years, so part of our soul and spirit is still firmly rooted in this amazing continent....
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Memsahib’s Diary: A letter to the new Prime Minister
Dear Mister Modi, As I write this, you haven’t landed in Delhi yet to assume office, so I thought that if I act quickly, I might get lucky and get my pleas and wish lists to you early. Yes, yes, I...
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Memsahib’s Diary: A letter to Prime Minister Modi
Before I begin to make my point here, Mister Modi, I want to reassure you that I am not going to become a bother to you. I promise, I won’t write regular letters to you. It’s just that here I am,...
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Memsahib’s Diary: We have more pressing concerns than Smriti Irani’s...
My word, but what an unseemly and ungracious bunch, people can be, when they so choose. What sore losers! Actually, make that quite simply ‘what losers’ (In the 21st century, teenage-speak version of...
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Memsahib’s Diary: Why babudom needs fear of Modi
Who on earth needs all that ‘first 100 days in office honeymoon’ palaver when you are Narendra Modi? Never has the expression ‘new brooms sweep clean’ come to mind more aptly than in referring to our...
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Narendra Modi has already started changing minds
Narendra Modi’s get-down-to-business approach has won him the admiration of former critics as well. So there we were, a group of friends, having lunch the other day, and since all the men in the group...
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Indian summer and its tales
A man fans himself to beat the heat Never mind, “It’s the economy, stupid”. Right now in northern India, it’s more a case of “It’s the weather, stupid”. Every day as the temperature soars and soars,...
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Indians must take toilet-building into their own hands
It is not only degrading for women to have to go to the bathroom outdoors, but it is also downright dangerous. Right. Disclaimer time. Disclosure time. I’m putting my cards on the table. And please...
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Monsoon in India and its different colours
Just one cloudburst washes away the dust, and suddenly Delhi’s famed civic green cover glows and dazzles. I am writing my diary a little earlier than usual this week, since I shall be away for the next...
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Indian roads need to make space for pedestrians
The whole thing about our Indian roads, 2014 version, is that they are absolutely, totally not designed with the pedestrian in mind. It’s one of my rituals. Once a year I re-read ‘Kim’, Rudyard...
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