Hindustan Times
When I started planning to move to India in 2005, my friends said I was mad. “How can you work in a newspaper there? You don’t even speak Hindi,” one said. Read more
(39 votes, average: 4.28 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Naomi Canton on Wednesday, August 11, 2010 at 6:59 pm
Filed under Europe, Expat on the edge, India, Mumbai · Tagged bhangra, Bollywood, Brick Lane, Hindi, India, India Shining, Indian men, Leaving, Mumbai, Mumbai terror attack, slumdog millionaire, UK
I watched Spain beat the Netherlands in the World Cup in a small trendy but casual Moroccan-style café/bar called Mocha in Mumbai on Sunday night. The atmosphere was amazing. Read more
(8 votes, average: 3.25 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Naomi Canton on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at 5:55 pm
Filed under Expat on the edge · Tagged alcohol, atmosphere, Bandra, Barista, BBC Café, beer, Brits, cafe, CCD, Dutch, England, FIFA World Cup, football, hookah pipes, Indigo Deli, Italy, Juhu. JW Marriott, Khar, Kit Kat shakes, Long Island, Mocha, mozzarella paninis, Mumbai, Netherlands, Pali Village Café, Quench, Saif Ali Khan, Spain, Spanish, UK, USA, wine, WTF!
It’s taken me a while to work this out, since the initial difficulties of properly dating Indian men have been so all-consuming, since moving here, but I have recently figured that if you get an Indian guy to take you seriously, they are pretty romantic. In fact, they beat English men hands down. Read more
(28 votes, average: 3.04 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Naomi Canton on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 at 6:56 pm
Filed under India, Mumbai · Tagged auto-pilot, blond, CCD, coffeewallah, dating, English men, hindustan times, indian food, Indian men, Mumbai, news, Romance, Shah Jahan, Taj Mahal, Valentine’s Day, wear Indian dress
The heavens have opened and the rain is pouring. Who cares if there is a leak in my kitchen and Mumbai’s roads are waterlogged once more? Read more
(7 votes, average: 3.29 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Hindustan Times on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 3:10 pm
Filed under Expat on the edge, Mumbai · Tagged Barista, Bollywood, karan johar, london eye, monsoon, Mumbai, mumbai roads, rains
Well, well, well. I did not have my anticipated reaction to Kites. At all. The way the film was promoted was such that I thought it was going to be mere ego boost to Hrithik Roshan – a chance for him to dance around, flex his muscles and kiss and dance with several foxy women. Read more
(23 votes, average: 3.87 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Naomi Canton on Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at 7:57 pm
Filed under Expat on the edge, India, Mumbai · Tagged acting, action, barbara mori, Bollywood, cross-cultural marriage, film, foreigner, hollywood, hrithik roshan, Indian, kites, love, marriage, movies, multiplex, Mumbai, religion
Each morning to reach the HT office I follow the same ritual. Firstly, I wait to cross the road, but am not allowed to stand still. No, I have jump around and avoid all the auto rickshaws and motorbikes, which are heading towards me. Read more
(13 votes, average: 4.31 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Naomi Canton on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at 7:26 pm
Filed under India · Tagged auto rickshaws, HT office, mercedes, motorbikes, Mumbai, mumbai cabs, taxis, vegetable vendor, Xerox stall
It seems I have become materialistic since moving to India. Not just that, but I have become right-wing. Isn’t that weird? One is supposed to become left-wing and spiritual, after moving here, surely? Read more
(13 votes, average: 4.23 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Naomi Canton on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at 6:05 pm
Filed under Mumbai · Tagged British, David Cameron, facebook, Gordon Brown, India, Mumbai, new labour, Shakespeare, spiritual, UK
A few years ago Mumbai was known as the ‘city that never sleeps.’ That was because a night out on a Friday or Saturday, literally meant a ‘night’ out and would always go on till 6 or 7am. Read more
(6 votes, average: 2.83 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Naomi Canton on Wednesday, May 5, 2010 at 7:49 pm
Filed under Mumbai · Tagged Bonobo, Chenin Blanc, Escobar, JW Marriott, Mumbai, Mumbai nightlife, party, Royalty, Toes, Zaika, Zenzi
“There are things I have wanted so long that I would only consent to have them if I could keep wanting them.”
These are the lines of Robert Brault. Read more
(7 votes, average: 3.86 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Naomi Canton on Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at 8:46 pm
Filed under Mumbai · Tagged boyfriend, Europe, guitar, Morocco, Mumbai, Norwich, opposite sex, party, Robert Brault, sex, UK
I have just attended a really interesting Drink IQ session at Tote in Mumbai, which was to educate people on how to drink responsibly and enjoy alcohol without getting drunk. Read more
(10 votes, average: 4.2 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Hindustan Times on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at 7:57 pm
Filed under Mumbai · Tagged bhangra music, car, Drink IQ session, drunk whisky Drink IQ programme, Mumbai, tote
