Stephen's Thoughts

Picto Diary - 21 January 2016 (PM) - Glenburn Tea Estate

Struggle. That's the first word that came to mind when I had heard Lilima's story.

Picto Diary - 21 January 2016 (AM) - First Flush

Opt for first flush pick...

Picto Diary - 20 January 2016 - Darjeeling

Perhaps Jerry Brown should take a look at Darjeeling's resourcefulness in solving its water problems?

Picto Diary - 18 (PM), 19 January 2016 - Dinner at Rana's

Rana says: There is an aspirational quality about India today.

Picto Diary - 18 January 2016 - Raja

Yet... there is a method to the madness for driving in India.

Picto Diary - 17 January 2016 - Raj Mahal Palace Hotel

By a landslide, she was elected a member of Indian Parliament after independence.

Picto Diary - 16 January 2016 - Zoroastrianism

Zoroastrianism is arguably the world's oldest monotheistic religion.

Picto Diary - 15 January 2016 (AM) - Village Life

Inadvertently, unwittingly, I had clasped my two hands behind my back and imprinted the fresh henna design onto the back of my fleece.

Picto Diary - 14 January 2016 - Birds (Supplement)

Birds

Picto Diary - 14 January 2016 - Shahpura (PM)

Despite seeming cooperative communal relations in India at the village and community level, there are fault lines of communal antagonism at the national level.

Picto Diary - 14 January 2016. - To Shahpura

Shock channels a bygone, glorious era. Lotus Tours.

Picto Diary - 13 January 2016 - Udaipur

The privy purse was halted by Indira Gandhi, via constitutional amendment, in 1971.