What’s in a name? I wondered, thinking about Windermere Estate, Munnar. A wonderful place that’s been imprinted in my psyche for 23 years or so. Somehow, I’d never asked the question. One immediately thinks some Britisher must have declared this spectacular spot as being reminiscent of home. But, wanting to get the story straight, I
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The first Shaji bombshell came as I was exclaiming over the view. We’d just met. A tiger had killed a deer right in front of the lodge two days before and dragged its kill downstream. “We’ll take a walk that way tomorrow,” he said, “and see if we can find it.” And with that, he
A barely perceptible ripple on the surface of the water alerted the beady eyes of the multi-tasking Vinod, who promptly dived into the lake, emerging seconds later, his small, wiry brown body glistening with droplets of water as he threw three live fish onto the gangway of our private Chinese Fishing Net to show them