A drive down the Konkan coast turns into delicious challenge of wits

I was traveling down a sylvan coastal road down the Konkan coast last week when I saw the little roadside fish market. It was run by loud, cheerful fisherwomen, bejeweled and dressed in the Maharashtrian navvari saree  tucked between their legs. Read more

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I am in chaotic, charming, frustrating Bombay (or Mumbai, if you want me to be politically correct), enjoying its wildly interesting people and even more interesting food.

It’s easy to work up an appetite. After being stuck last Saturday in the slow, honking mess that is Mumbai’s traffic — it took me 70 minutes from Mahim to Churchgate —  I quickly renewed my rail pass, and I was free.

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