So I started a “Festive 50″countdown just before Christmas, but didn’t get to the end of it yet… mainly because I’ve been working absolutely flat-out at college since the start of January, and I’ve just been utterly exhausted. Plus I couldn’t decide on the categories for the last 20… :P Anyway, after Birds, Words and Food, here comes Part 4… LIFE. Here are 10 of the most notable ways in which life has changed since moving to India. #20: Weather A […]
Indian food is fantastic! Coming from the UK I already knew the cuisine pretty well, especially after living in Leicester which has a very large South Asian population. But since living here I’ve discovered much more about it and have enjoyed it even more. For me, the food is one of the best things about living here. South India is paradise for vegetarians too. I do eat fish occasionally, but I mostly eat “veg” here and it’s a real […]
(Image from World Bank.) The hashtag #Rs32 is trending on Twitter in India today. So is Planning Commission. The reason? The Indian Government’s Planning Commission just published a report which re-defines what it means to be poor, and in the process they magically removed a huge chunk of the population from the official figures for people living below the poverty line. And so they’ve changed who is, and who isn’t, eligible for government subsidies due to being on […]
