DISCOVER THE EXCITING RANGE OF TOPICS IN MY NEW BOOK ABOUT MY TRAVELS IN INDIA DURING THE LAST 30 YEARS
The book and/or Kindle can be bought by clicking on the link below: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DJZ6DMYB

LIST OF CHAPTERS
Introduction … page 9
Prologue: A book from India … 12
Saved by a nosebleed … 14
You married him? … 16
It began with a bang … 18
Shantiniketan … 20
. Maria and Job … 23
Please use the meter … 27
Mixed couples … 29
Coracles … 31
West End Hotel … 35
Less than one degree … 39
Puncher …42
Dining with the dead … 48
A generous gratuity … 50
Miner’s sauce … 52
From Kutch to Norway … 54
Looking so lovable … 56
Beneath the banyan trees … 58
Meeting Khushwant Singh … 61
A palace by the sea … 64
Monkey business … 67
Chicken 65 … 70
Diplomatic amnesia … 72
Meeting the Mahatma … 74
Feeding the cows … 79
Montecatini Terme … 83
Hummus in Hampi … 86
Clothing can be critical … 89
Traditional but trendy … 94
Facial prejudice … 96
Paradise for bookworms … 99
Wrapped up … 105
The personal touch … 108
He worked with Le Corbusier … 111
My Ferrari … 115
From Gandhi to Hitler … 117
An unusual invitation … 121
Looking for literature … 123
Of dargahs and dyeing … 127
Before my time … 130
Improperly dressed … 132
Dining at Limra … 135
Hitler on the shelf … 139
Beefsteak not biryani … 144
Independence Day … 146
Large snakes … 148
One wife four husbands … 150
One day it might be you … 153
Waterfalls and water closets … 155
Cunning old fox … 158
Kutchi beer … 161
Albanians in India … 163
Bodies in the dark … 167
Don’t let it go viral … 169
Clubbing …171
Lopchu … 175
Threads of faith … 179
Nizam’s … 184
Teapots and politics … 187
A refreshing breeze … 190
Buried not burned … 193
Gandhi’s spectacles … 197
Tea at Lothal … 201
They came from Persia … 207
Don’t take the train … 211
Defying inflation … 215
In your face … 217
Cops and crocs … 219
A curious hotel … 222
Denmark by the sea … 225
No bill food is free … 231
Espresso in Diu … 234
Maurice and Bob … 237
An Indian welcome … 242
The pandit’s wife … 244
Royal encounter … 247
Unlocking a secret … 253
Curious coffee … 255
Do they speak Hindi in Russia? … 257
Dashiki … 260
Field of cars … 263
I love Stalin … 267
Jeremy Bentham and Calcutta …269
India’s first mosque … 273
Eggs excepted … 278
Saving their necks … 280
Reclining on a rug … 283
Bollywood in Bangalore … 285
A coffee house … 289
Bargaining in Mount Abu … 291
Not long in Nepal … 295
An unexpected sight … 299
Four bangles … 303
On the safe side … 306
PHD … 308
In touch with history … 311
James and Adeline … 316
Ladies only … 318
Lost property … 320
Plants from paper … 323
A soaking in Calcutta … 325
Mapusa market … 331
