I met Anwar Razzak Khatri on a social media platform and we connected over Batik. Anwar designs and makes exquisite Kutch batik and I promised to visit his wor...
Ajrakh then
Circa: around 3000 BC
Location: Mohenjo Daro city in the Indus Valley (now in present-day Sindh province of Pakistan)
A bearded corpulent man...
My whirlwind Kutch trip often made me feel overwhelmed. It is a region which is best enjoyed with time, and even a short trip consisting the highlights of Kutch...
My next few days at Kutch were spent zipping around obscure villages, eating rustic meals at various artisans' houses, and indulging in folklore, handicrafts, a...
I visited Gujarat in 2013 for a week and spent five days exploring the Kutch artist villages. Although at times I felt Kutch to be a bit overrated, especially t...
Think Kutch district of Gujarat as India's real wild west. Lying in the westernmost frontier of India, it is a world in itself and is unlike any other place in ...
The romance of the Jaipur rain
With the rain clouding up the Cologne skies leaving the air smelling mildly acrid, my mind drifts off to another place in anothe...
The real India can be found in the hinterlands and the Rajasthan village culture is one of the most vibrant in the whole world. The most spectacular part of all...
My posts on Calcutta are definitely not comprehensive enough as a guide, but are fondest memories of a place called home. However to present Calcutta's unique s...
'Some may say that film-makers romanticise the old world charm of Kolkata and that they are not painting the true real life of the city. I reckon perhaps it's o...