Packing Light for a Month in India
Back to Delhi.. again! My visits to India have increased with each passing year. Only a couple of months after returning from three months in India and Sri Lanka, I soon head back for my sixth arrival, based around a friend’s wedding in Kochi, and the latest DomainX 2019 domain name conference in New Delhi. On each new journey I feel increased apathy and disappointment of uprooting the comfortable domestic life I’ve warmed...
Writing From Leopold Cafe, Heartbeat of Shantaram
This week I’m writing from Leopold Cafe, in the heart of Colaba district, downtown Mumbai. This cafe, established 1871, is best known as centrepiece hangout in classic novel, Shantaram, based on the true story by Gregory David Roberts. Shantaram was frequently recommended while traveling through India last year, and grace linked me with a copy in Berlin. It rapidly became one of my favourite books of all time. Exciting,...