I’ve been in India now for (*checks watch) 1/3 of a year (or four months for those of you who don’t work in fractions), and I must admit, it really doesn’t seem that long. Weeks are zipping by, and, rather more depressingly, so are the weekends. However, I’m beginning to wonder whether or not I’m cheating a little bit out here…or whether it’s just normal for...

Bang! Clear! Bang! More voltage! Clear! Bang! Beep, beep, beep, beep. Ah, blog successfully revived. It’s like a Saturday night hospital drama around here. Thanks to all the spammers who have left a possible world record (someone get on to Guiness Book of Records) of 4.8bn spam messages and thanks to all my fans, colleagues and of course family for leaving an overwhelming 0 messages demanding...