The above cocktail of happy pills is what you can look forward to consuming if you get malaria, like I did. There’s a widespread outbreak of it in Mumbai this monsoon season, due to the incessant heavy rain….
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Daily Life in India
I was leisurely scanning the matrimonials in the Hindustan Times this morning, when I came across this rather unusual ad. It was highlighted in the Divorcee/Widower column, sandwiched in between Engineers and NRIs….
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This monsoon has been the wettest in five years in Mumbai. Last month, it rained constantly and heavily most days. The weather has been perfect for the spread of a whole range of nasty illnesses….
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On Friday night my husband and I went to a cocktail party at the home of a couple of our expat friends, who very conveniently live on the same street as us. We were an interesting mix of people — Indian, Australian, Scottish, Dutch, French, and African…
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If you’re not a married, vegetarian, Hindu couple or family, it’s likely that you’ll find renting an apartment in India harder than expected. In fact, it’s likely to be quite a challenge. Especially, if you’re unmarried or Muslim. I first discovered the pitfalls of renting an apartment in India when I was living in Kolkata…
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