[10.08.2008] Zen is one of my favourite restaurants even though I can generally only eat there once or twice every year or two. 'So how come I don't go more often?', you may be thinking. That's simple, Zen is in New Delhi and I'm not. But if I were, I'd be there so often they'd have to give me a discount for my loyalty. It really is an outstanding Chinese restaurant and - controversial as this might sound - for me, nobody does Ch [more]

[17.07.2008] I'd like to start with a small experiment. I'll give you two words - please read them, then close your eyes and form a mental picture. Got that? Good. The two words are: INDIA and TRAINS Now take a couple of seconds and imagine! I'm willing to hazard a guess that most of you got a picture in your mind of one of the old empire steam trains, a big black one perhaps with smoke billowing out of t [more]

[18.05.2008] During our trip to India last November we booked a car and a driver to explore some of the sights of Delhi which we'd not previously managed to visit. After a really interesting hour or so at the Indira Gandhi memorial museum we headed off to 'keep it in the family' and check out the Museum dedicated to her father, Jawaharlal Nehru. If it were acceptable or appropriate to admit to having a bit of a crush on a fore [more]