ravisruminations

The belief is that while in Rome, the eternal city, if one throws a coin in Trevi Fountain, it shall ensure a return to the city. Remember ...

January 1956. I begin my second term in NDA transferred from 'Fox' to the newly-formed 'King' squadron.  Fresh 15th course c...

I haven't kept count of the number of trips I have done between Delhi and Jaipur on National Highway 48, but if someone said 100, it wou...

April was a hot, hot month. Temperatures in Delhi were around five degrees above normal. Add pollution to that and you get the depressing pi...

Time to get out of depression and uplift the mood. Opera is not popular in India even with those who are fond of Western classical music. I ...

On 14th April, we got an early morning call from Polly Byce (Rear Admiral PS Byce, now retired and settled in Jaipur) that Pranab Roy had pa...

Reading about Angkor Wat in William Dalrymple's "The Golden Road" set me thinking about the important places of worship I have...