Pondicherry memories: Hello Dil-Do and other sounds of the night

Pondicherry dawn

Nights at Manjakuppam village not far from the Pondicherry border are a cascade of sounds, not silence with birds and boats kicking n equally.

Pondicherry Diary: It’s all the unbending Pujara effect

Cheteshwar Pujara

The resolve in Cheteshwar Pujara is impossible to miss. There’s a relentlessness in the way he stands at the crease, a sense of purpose.

Pondicherry Diary: Oh the lovely bakers of Auroville!

Pondy 4

By the time this Pondicherry sojourn gets over, I foresee a real problem on return to Delhi. Bread.

Four new venues join list of Asian Tour destinations in 2021

Laguna Lang

Four new venues, in Malaysia, Vietnam and Japan will host Asian Tour events in the new year the tour has said.