What’s on the menu? Strawberries and cream – 15¢ only !

Mahabaleshwar and strawberries go hand in hand, mostly the hands of tourists flocking this town in the Western Ghats of Maharashtra. Few memories remain of my first visit to the plateau, which was more than a decade ago, but the one that does is of my father being rather gluttonous with the fresh strawberry cream [...]

School girl arrested for doodling!

That’s right! Alexa Gonzalez a student at Junior High School 190, Forest Hill was arrested for writing “I love my friends Abby and Faith” on her desk! I am in disbelief that the school called the cops, but in further disbelief that the cops actually handcuffed her! What were they afraid of? The 12-year-old with [...]