Rubbish

Every day 10,000 tonnes of rubbish gets dumped at the four major landfill sites around the Indian capital city, Delhi. One of these sites, Ghazipur, has been on fire for the past two weeks. This is not surprising as organic refuse generates methane when it rots. Of course, the garbage has already been picked through…

Five Kilometre Challenge

I hope you don’t think that this is cheating, but my 5km is a mini-biatholon of walking and swimming. Each morning, I walk from my apartment along Gyan Shakti Mandir Marg in Shalimar Bagh to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi Swimming Pool. I set off at 6:40am and reach the pool after fifteen minutes brisk…

Juhu Beach, Mumbai

The Hotel Sea Princess is right on the beach. There is a wall insulating the guests from the masses on the sands, but if you ask the khaki-clad security guard, he will unlock the gate and let you out. I wasn’t seeing it at its best. The sky was heavy with monsoon clouds, making the…