Crowd Outside the Bhikaji Cama Place Passport Office New Delhi I quite liked my experience of applying for the renewal of my passport at New Delhi. Dealing with government officials in India is no pleasure. I was wondering how should I go about getting my passport renewed. Some of my colleagues encouraged me to apply…

I blogged about meeting Naina Kapur, the lead counsel in the Vishaka Judgment against sexual harassment in the supreme court. I discovered her blog. She was kind enough to drop in a line to tell me that contrary to what I wrote in my previous post she has a blog! And I am so glad…

I really enjoyed reading Kalyan’s experiences with Taxi Drivers in Austin. It is so wonderful to have him as a guest blogger at Travel Tales from India. Enjoy the post.Kalyan Banerjee has a day job and travels during weekends. You can follow him on Twitter as well. Talking to strangers is always (well, at least…

Amber Fort Jaipur I wrote the Jaipur Story (November 2008 with Brat 2, my younger nephew) for CLAY too (the first one was for Gonomad) and it is now up on their site- Our plan was to hire an autorickshaw (because of this recommendation by Arun) with Gopi as our guide. I called Arun and…