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February 2014

The Outdoor Working LIfe in Delhi

              Sridevi is a gardener at the Lodi Gardens, formerly Lady Willingdon Gardens, where she has tenured employment at Rs 1,400 a month She is a widow and comes from the  Mali caste. She has two children and lives in Badarpur, a suburb of Delhi. I complimented her on […] Read more

The ghosts of Lodi Gardens

                      At the Convent of Jesus and Mary, on the Feast Days of Saints David, Andrew, George and Patrick, Reverend Mother announced a picnic for the girls belonging to the House named for one of the four saints. I seem to remember I was a […] Read more

A few pretty pics and then a rant

  The old bullock cart of democratic process has changed: it’s now a battered three wheeler which phuts along, breaking down every so often in clouds of  black fumes. Sometimes it almost sputters to a halt and lengthy debates erupt about its efficacy. Maybe the older image was better: the cart lumbered on, regardless. It […] Read more