Délices d’Architecture – Palolem

Palolem – still the bright colours of India but with a solid Portuguese-Catholic structure. Madgoan

Women of Madurai

Délices d’Architecture- Udaipur

Gentle breezes across the Lake, Bursts of colorful bougainvillea, rhododendrons, frangipanis, elusive perfumes wafting from each corner, the light twinkling on the water, the classically beautiful lakeside havelis thronging the shoreline. We are discussing life, love, literature with our new-found, eminently entertaining friends Bob and Wendy. We are covertly and nefariously drinking gin from Bill’s […]

Pushkar: Holy Cow !

The Sacred Cows of Pushkar have it sorted. They wander here and there to designated spots and, confident of their own significance, bellow their arrival, signalling also that it is time for a little snack. Post bellow serious and meaningful eyeball contact is established. The necessary is done. The Universe, (on this occasion assuming […]

Délices d’Architecture – Mandawa and the Shekhawati district

Mandawa – SO Many Havelis, so much to see. We’ll not bore you with too many words.

Posing Peacock of Lucknow

7:30 AM, Lucknow Botanical Gardens, only we, the joggers and the Peacocks to be found. This one walked slowly along the gate and when she reached the ray of morning light…she posed.

Délices d’Architecture – Vientiane

Vientiane is ablaze with colour and detail. There’s debate whether its name means City of the Moon or City of Sandalwood. Charming by any definition. It became the capital in 1563 but was looted and razed to the ground in 1827 by the Siamese so everything is quite new. It shows, and it doesn’t. Everything […]