On my first visit to Egypt, I very much looked forward to the overnight train journey to Aswan. The maddening […]
The Corona lockdown has hit me hard. I am going absolutely berserk. Being in Egypt feels like an imposition now […]
It starts with the small things. You arrive in Germany full of energy, maybe a little nervous, and definitely ready […]
Egypt’s festivals are a vivid window into its complex identity that balances ancient traditions, Islamic customs, and contemporary social influences. […]
Would you believe me if I told you that it snows in Egypt in winter? Most probably not. The truth, […]
‘Some may say that film-makers romanticise the old world charm of Kolkata and that they are not painting the true […]
In continuation of the “This is my Brian’s Calcutta“, author Brian Paul Bach shares some interesting observations on one of […]
‘Howrah Bridge!’ I utter in a stunned whisper. It’s out there somewhere, closer than I think, and it is the […]
During every Durga Puja festival time, I get inconsolably homesick. The grey cloud lasts until the week-long festivities are over […]
This summer was a bittersweet one. First of all, residency hassles troubled our lives and cost us a lot of […]