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Delhi Diary: Swatantra, Samosas, and Traffic Snarls
I’m no computer whizz, but I don’t think Google quite understands the nature of Delhi traffic. Its blue-yellow-red colour-coding of traffic levels is the latest in a long line of Western attempts to make India legible. Once again, we defy the attempt. Red might mean a slow but steady rush-hour crawl homeward, or it might…
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Two Murals in Dresden
Overthinking on a walk in Germany Recently, I had the privilege of spending Christmas with my dear friends, the Bulls, in Dresden, Germany. Or perhaps I should say Saxony. There is a great deal of local pride in all things Saxon. The flag of Saxony flies alongside the European and German flags in front of…