As I write this, I am in a taxi, on the way to Delhi airport. I have slept for half the journey, so it is not as painful as I had expected.
The work I have been dreading is designed and the dye is cast. Two collections of clothes designed in two months. I have to [...]

I must confess to peaking on India at the moment. I have had it up to here, making a mark in the air about an inch above my eyebrows. The is nothing in particular to have made me peak so thoroughly, except just the relentlessness of the experiences and the desire for a conversation [...]

It was not that late, 11pm, when I returned from dinner with Brigitte, in Amber, but the drive made me aware of how different India is at night. It becomes quite frightening, and I sat in the back of my comfortable Ambassador taxi and mused as to why.
Leaving the house to go home we passed [...]

I have become uncommonly aware of hair dye this week.
I sat musing today, in a shop, looking at the swathe of men around me, (none of them paying me the slightest attention, I promise. I had already paid my bill), and realised that they, without exception, had dyed hair. I went on to try to [...]

Oh, Joy, the first mango of the season was presented on my tea try this morning. I don’t for a moment imagine that it was the first mango to be eaten this year, by anyone other than me, but that it was my first mango this year. So delicious. A real treat.
Life goes on. I [...]

It is wedding season in India and last night there were six weddings happening in a 500 meter radius of the hotel. The noise was deafening. Endless fireworks and drumming, and that was before the bride groom turned up at 10.30pm. There, he was heralded with ecstatic dancing from load of young men at each [...]

I arrived here a few days ago, in a state of frozen fear. I had been given a very stern talking to by my accountant and felt that I was so scared I had no idea what to do.
Several days later I am finding that I have relaxed somewhat and today, going out with a [...]

It was a long night, punctuated by bouts of deep and inescapable fear. I did not enjoy it and eventually rang home for solace at 2.30am. Jet lag is just such fun, that and big responsability.
I am sitting in the clothing factory, surfing their broadband, whilst waiting for a piece of clothing, due to be [...]

It seems like a blink and I am back here again. I arrived a couple of hours ago and delight of delight, there is wireless connection at the hotel. I have to sit in the owners bedroom to get it, but bedrooms here in India are not as we expect them in the West. Here [...]

I have had some interesting conversations with friends and business people in the past few days. It feels as though there is a new phase coming in. Not just the shop opening, but interest in distribution, and last night a really good discussion with an ex distributor about branding. I went to bed feeling really [...]