May 14th, 2008 | by popagandhi | published in travel
Jet Airways, the incumbent, put up a “We’ve Changed” ad at a major Mumbai crossing, only to have Vijay Mallya’s Kingfisher Airlines and GoAir put up ads in response. Funny.
Me? I’m a Air Deccan fan girl. I know what all of you in India think about Air Deccan, but I love them to bits. [...]
April 22nd, 2008 | by popagandhi | published in food and music, general, travel
My city is often made out to be a boring business city, sterile and lifeless. Not entirely. No amount of protestation at how we’re really unique, though, is effective in driving home the truth about (some parts of) my city — how there are bits you can really love, if you look hard enough.
My city, [...]
April 18th, 2008 | by popagandhi | published in travel
I don’t know how this slipped off the radar!
Another interesting development in the Asian low cost carrier space — Air Arabia, that huge Sharjah-based low cost airline with an extensive network in the region (Turkey, Syria, Pakistan, Armenia, Jordan, India, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Kuwait, etc), is now in a joint venture with Nepal’s Yeti Airlines. The [...]
April 6th, 2008 | by popagandhi | published in general, travel
The universe has such a way of throwing a spanner into your plans, just as you think you’ve got them down pat. Thankfully, the spanner that’s been thrown into my plans happens to be a fairly attractive one. So I’m not going to America, though I thought I would. That doesn’t mean I’m staying put [...]
March 31st, 2008 | by popagandhi | published in soundbites, travel
Some time ago, I was eating dinner at an Indian place in a back alley somewhere in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.
I raised my hand and said to a waiter, “Can I have raita?”
He nodded, and scurried off.
Ten minutes later, I still didn’t have my raita, and I noticed he hadn’t even entered the restaurant storefront or [...]
