Hindustan Times
Brampton is in Ontario, Canada. But it could well have been a city in India. Read more
Posted by Yashwant Raj on Saturday, August 25, 2012 at 8:29 pm
Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged Bollywood, Brampton, Canada, Delhi, Desi in DC, food, India, Indian-origin population, Missisauga, Moti Mahal, Ontario, Rajpath, South Asians, Tim Hortons, Toronto, Yashwant Raj
If you are headed for the US to beat the Indian summer – now, of course, monsoon — choose your destination well. Read more
Posted by Yashwant Raj on Sunday, July 24, 2011 at 12:33 am
Filed under America · Tagged Celsius, Climate, Delhi, Friday, hot scorching sun, Indian summer, summer, sunglasses, US, winter
My daughter loves New York, and wonders why we don’t stay there instead of the staid and boring Washington. Read more
Posted by Yashwant Raj on Saturday, July 16, 2011 at 9:32 pm
Filed under America · Tagged Delhi, Desi in DC, Hindustantimes, Kolkata, Manhattan, Mumbai, New York, Times Square, washington, Yahswant Raj
The last time I wrote about power cuts – outages – here in the US many readers thought, and wrote back, I was making too much of it. Some readers were aghast I even brought it up, coming as I do from a country where power cuts are as common as getting email. Read more
Posted by Yashwant Raj on Saturday, January 29, 2011 at 11:56 pm
Filed under America · Tagged Delhi, electricity, Maryland, outage, PEPCO, power, snow, snowstorm, storm, US, Virginia, washington, weather
A car is a like a limb here in the US, they told me, you can’t do without them.
I didn’t disagree, but I naively believed the public transport system will suffice. Read more
Posted by Yashwant Raj on Saturday, November 13, 2010 at 9:12 pm
Filed under America · Tagged Bethesda, credit history, DC, Delhi, Gurgaon, Maryland, Metro, public transport system, social security number, US
