Spicing Up The Bitter!

Life brings in people – passing ships at night on a vast ocean. I don’t normally meet most of them ever again. I am normally left with a memory of a pleasant encounter… Continue reading

Moon Tales – Lagos

In the early hours of 21st January 2019, the full moon was ready to set.But the sun was ready to rise too. Exactly opposite the moon. The shadow cast by the earth fell… Continue reading

The Darkening Of A Continent

Akwaaba. Welcome. While we invite you to share our wonder at the beauty and colour that we found in the very small portion of Ghana that we have explored, we also invite you to… Continue reading

Glimpses of Ghana

The Republic of Ghana in West Africa is located along the Coast of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean. The first permanent state in the territory of present-day Ghana dates back to the 11th… Continue reading

Remembering Appa

The world need not know the story of this man but everyone who knew him has come away richer for it. So here I share a collection of thoughts and memories – in… Continue reading

Kilimanjaro

Stella Point, Mount Kilimanjaro, October 1st 2017, 6:37 am. Tears of joy welled up in my eyes as I hugged my guide, Sherapin. Many thoughts came rushing into my mind. I missed two people,… Continue reading

Of Butter Masalas!

Weekends are topsy-turvy time in our kitchen. The daily cook steps back and the corporate manager takes over! Each meal over the weekend is a mystery to me till it arrives on the… Continue reading

Of “Jugaad”, Moving Home & Molag Chaatambd

Indians are famous for “jugaad” – I doubt there is a word in English or any other language that quite gives an exact meaning. Roughly it would translate to “making do without the… Continue reading

Musings At Christmastime

2016 began with a riot of fun. For the first time in many years, the effort that went into setting up our home for Christmas saw fruition with family and friends joining us… Continue reading

Developing The Eye – One – Architecture

Architecture in monochrome can get about as poetic as a rainbow. A trip to the village of Arniston in South Africa gave us the opportunity to try our hand at photographing buildings. Not… Continue reading

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