ESSAYS

Some Potboilers: in INDIA 60, published by Harper Collins and the India International Centre
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On Mountains and the Mind, a review essay.
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That's the way she works: On India’s first professional woman photographer, Homai Vyarawalla, 96 years old
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Indian society can barely stand equality: On Henning Mankell, India, the politics of religion
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No Bagpipes on the road to Haldwani: The story of a busride to the foothills of the Himalaya
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The painted house: how escaping conscription can have the most unexpectedly glorious results.
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Cooking Women: The prize-winning essay in the Outlook-Picador Non-fiction contest, 2004. 
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Miss Okinawa in the lobby: travels around Britain
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Muskmelon and fig, icecream and ammunition: the food of old Hyderabad
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The alchemist of Sujan Singh Park: remembering Ravi Dayal
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