Dears, I’m enjoying a cup of hot soup on a 108-degree day because I have a cold. Otherwise, things continue to go swimmingly in the desert. Except the cab rides. Taxi drivers are notorious for weaving in and out of traffic at hair-raising speeds. Which is why we’ve picked our favorite driver, Xavier Francis from Uganda,…
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Nescafe, Unexamined
Dears, I woke upon hearing the call to prayer at 4 a.m. and couldn’t get back to sleep. Now that it’s finally 6:30 a.m., I’ve given up trying in favor of sipping Nescafe. I can’t quite figure out what Nescafe is exactly. I’ve had it in other parts of the world at other times in my life,…
The Bercaws Arrive in India, Again
Dears, The Hindu Newspaper, started in 1878 as a weekly, became a daily in 1889 and since then has steadily grown to the circulation of 15,58,379 copies. Today’s print and online edition features a very well-written story by journalist S. Ravi about Brain in a Jar, which has just launched in India. Will 15 million…
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