The 350 Million Mission India has an incredible musical heritage, but sadly, music education is often overlooked in schools here. This means missing out on music’s incredible ability to inspire creativity, build emotional strength, and connect kids with their cultural roots. Kids in many countries in Asia are taught to Read more
Hello from the capital city of India – New Delhi! It’s been 3 months of 40-48°C (104-118°F) temperatures, but the intense heat here is just something to adjust to by keeping covered, eating cooling foods (curd, cucumber, raw onions), and maxing out your AC. The monsoon trough is currently creeping Read more
Hello dear friends! I write to you on a quiet Sunday from my terrace in the noisy and crazy city of New Delhi, where I now live. The sun is setting and any moment now the fruit and veg sellers will come by with their wooden carts stacked with piles Read more
I’m moving to Delhi! That’s right, I’m setting off and moving my shiny bald egg-head to the vast metropolis of the capital city of the India. It’s been a long time brewing, but if you’ll allow me 5 minutes of your time, let me explain the what, why, who and Read more
I usually release an update every 3 months, but since my previous update, not a lot has happened in my life. India struggled with a massive second wave of COVID-19 and we were sequestered to our homes. After the first wave, Goa became a place where all the Indian tourists Read more
From New Year in Delhi, to having to move house, to hearing about the suicide of a friend, the past three months have been… a thing. Take a journey with me to the core of what’s going on in my head. Look to your left and see the new special Read more
Lockdown Terror in India When last I wrote to you, it was the beginning of April and India’s 1.3 billion residents were confined to their homes. It was the nationwide Janata (“janta”, meaning ‘public’) Curfew – a government move to protect the people from that terrifying new threat of COVID-19. Read more
Hello from quarantined India! What in the hell happened?! When last I was writing to you, I’d celebrated new year and Christmas and was well into the routine of 2020. Right now I’m hiding in my apartment in solitary confinement, at war with an invisible enemy which is killing tens Read more
Hello! Namaste! My first year in India was filled with wonder and awe, providing for good blog content. However, now that cows being in the roads and the air being filled with incense have become normality, blogging has become more about the work and the children I work with – Read more
I have a new view from a new balcony in a new flat in a new part of Goa. Wanna see? Of course, non of it is new in any objective way. This flat and balcony have been here for maybe three decades. The view and the area have been Read more