Gourmet Saturday : Marie-Antoinette (Bandra)
Mr Jules and I were lucky enough to be invited over to Marie-Antoinette on Saturday to try out a selection of their delectable patisserie items. Never ones to turn down cake, you couldn’t get us there quick enough! I was also particularly keen to visit Marie-Antoinette after learning that the... Read More
Photoessay: Groups No. 6
Happy Sunday Peeps! Well I haven’t posted anything from my groups series for a while – not since July 2013 in fact. (see Groups No.5 here) My quest to photograph groups of people has been pretty slow over the last six months, or perhaps I have been missing opportunities due... Read More
Scenes from Banganga Tank
I have been to Banganga Tank so many times now – it’s one of the first places I show visitors or newcomers to the city. Perhaps I think if I show them Banganga Tank, I can lull them into some sort of impression that the rest of the city will... Read More
Christmas on Lake Ashtamudi (Kollam, Kerala)
Mr Jules and I have just got back from a very lovely few days on Lake Ashtamudi in Kerala. Never have I been anywhere in India where I have felt so relaxed and so far removed from frenetic Mumbai. Even on Lake Vembanad – the best known Keralan lake, the... Read More
Ubiquitous India : No. 1 – The Squat
Today I am starting a new series on my blog called ‘Ubiquitous India’, which will be about everyday objects and actions that you commonly see in India, but perhaps you wouldn’t notice unless you are an outsider. Like me. I have already written several posts about sights that amuse or... Read More
The Freedom Tree – Quirky & Colourful Interiors
A new interiors find! On the way back from the pet shop the other day, I noticed that a new interiors store called The Freedom Tree has opened in place of the grocery shop that was on the corner of 23rd and 28th Road in Bandra. As you know, I... Read More
Vindaloo : A Very Misunderstood Curry
In the UK, ‘having a Vindaloo’ conjures up visions of inebriated Friday nights. Of beer swilling blokes downing ten pints before bundling into their local curry house. And then drunkenly making their selections from a standard anglo-Indian menu whilst competing to see who can eat the hottest curry – inevitably... Read More
Water – The Most Basic Human Need
The other morning, I got talking to our home-help Reetha about her daily routine. As part of that conversation, I asked her about drinking water and water for washing. Mop in hand, she told me that she was lucky because she didn’t have to take a water jar and collect... Read More
The Gandhi Topi
Having seen this side-cap on a lot of working men in and around the state of Maharashtra – I thought I would research and write something about what I now know to be called the ‘Gandhi Topi’ (or Gandhi Cap). A dabbawala proudly wears his Gandhi Topi I firstly thought... Read More
Introducing Bartlet – Our Bombay Puppy
Last Saturday morning, after sturdying myself with a nice sneaked-through-customs-Waitrose-bacon bap, I had taken myself off to the World for All Animal Adoptathon in Bandra. Minus Mr Jules. And just to have a look you understand. I had seen lots of pictures on Facebook of cats and dogs needing homes... Read More