Featured September 11, 2023 London’s charm is a thing of the past The historic metropolis is undeniably vibrant, but are we being too charitable in showering it...
May 13, 2010 Whiff of India in UK Great Britain, it seems, is taking a leaf or two from India. First a long strike at the British Airways and now a `Coalition government’. The Parliament House in London …
May 11, 2010 Moscow State University On Saturday evening met few people over dinner. Mr Arvind Joshi, who is CEO and Director General of St Mary’s Hospital Centre affiliated to McGill University, his wife and Mr …
May 9, 2010 Missing Kolkata It is Sunday afternoon here and the weather is playing roller coaster. A day before it was a sunny 18-20 degrees but today it is snowing since morning with the …
May 8, 2010 Canadian Mayor and Tagore books In Canada, I am staying in a small town called Dollard-des-Ormeaux, often referred to as D.D.O or Dollard, on the Island of Montreal in southwest Quebec. The town, named after …
May 5, 2010 Immigrants and `little India’ in Canada Sunday afternoon I met a girl from Vietnam in one of the shops at the local mall. She works only on Saturdays and Sundays. The other five days of the …
May 2, 2010 Late Smt Prabha Rao Heard about the sad demise of Prabha Rao, the Honourable Governor of Rajasthan. It was hard for me to come to terms with the loss. I hadn’t met her since …
May 1, 2010 From Cornwall, Ontario Today is first of May observed as May Day in many parts of the world. I went to a small town Alexandria located in the Canadian province of Ontario near …
April 30, 2010 Cause for the elderly Today morning the prominent daily of Canada The Gazette carried a front-page lead picture of police constables helping a 95-year-old senior citizen to leave for a pub. It was a …
April 28, 2010 Multi-cultural pangs I am back in Canada again from the US. In New York, while walking the stretch towards Madison Street and then towards the Union Square where there is a statue …
April 24, 2010 Hearts beat for Tharoor in New York The last two days kept me busy with a number of meeting with various persons. On Friday, I met Mr Hardeep Singh Puri, Permanent Representative of India to the UN, …
April 22, 2010 Hotel Hilton Manhattan, New York Last time I stayed here, this Hotel was called Crowne Plaza. This time I am again staying at the same hotel but the name has changed to Hotel Hilton. After …
April 21, 2010 When time stood still I am in New York again. It is the city I have visited the most in USA. Each time I visit NY, the memories of the 9/11 tragedy floats before …
