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Happy Birthday Lodi Garden! Have you noticed the Rosy Pastor Starlings are in town chattering and whirling away and the Palash parrot beak flowers are flaming?

90 years ago today on 9th April 1936 Lady Willingdon, the Vicereine of India, inaugurated a park named in her honour and changed after independence to Lodi Garden. Landscaped again in 1968 by Joseph Stein it is one of my favourite places to walk in the city.

Most foreigners don’t know this about India!

TIL rice grows under water 🤯

Unlike wheat, rice actually grows under water. It’s harvest time in North India for the rice variety known as Primus Aprilis. I visited a paddy field near Delhi to see how it’s done.

Surround by Hindu shrines in Bangkok! I’m exploring Indian influences on Thailand follow me on my journey

First stop the Trimurti “Love Shrine” where people come at 930pm on Thursdays to pray for love. And in my case give thanks for finding it 18 years ago! 🙏🇹🇭❤️🇮🇳🙏

Live from Ayodhya…in Thailand! Much more to come but I wanted to share this from earlier today. Did you know the former capital of Siam / Thailand was called Ayutthaya in honour of Ayodhya? This is Wat Chaiwattanaram (from the Sanskrit “Sacred Enclosure of the Temple of the Victorious Prosperity”).

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Om Namo Shivaya! Crossing Ma Ganga on our way to Haridwar, Rishikesh and Dehradun! So blessed to be back in Dev Bhoomi 🙏

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Congratulations India! What a win! Can’t believe this is the fourth time I have come to India Gate to celebrate Indian winning a Cricket World Cup. I was here in 2007, in 2011, in 2024 and now in 2026! I wonder if anyone else been to India Gate on all four occasions?



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Who will win the AGI throne? Sam, Dario, Sir Demis or could King of the South Nandan lead an Indian Open Source coalition all the way?

What if you could just pack your bags and start a new job in a whole new country? The UK-India Young Professionals Scheme (YPS) can make that happen!

IndoGenius and High Commissioner Lindy Cameron share how the YPS gives young Brits an amazing opportunity to live, travel, work and study in . Visit India in UK (High Commission of India, London) to know more.

If you’re an Indian national interested in going to the UK on this reciprocal scheme, visit: https://gov.uk/guidance/india-young-professionals-scheme-visa-ballot-system

Did you know 26 Jan was once India’s Independence Day? Today, it is Republic Day. How are you celebrating? Check my stories to see how we are.

Here is the important and fascinating story behind this incredibly important date in not just Indian but world history.

Between 1930 and 1946, Indians marked 26 January as the day of Purna Swaraj - the declaration of complete self-rule from independence from the British. When freedom finally came on 15 August 1947, the same historic date, 26 January, was chosen in 1950 for the adoption of the Constitution of India - transforming it into Republic Day.

I visited a beach in Mumbai, Dadar Chowpatty, to pay my respects to the architect of the Constitution of India Dr BR Ambedkar.

He is about to be commemorated at this spot with the third largest statue in the world.

Holding the Constitution of India, standing before the four-lion capital of Ashoka - a symbol of the Republic and of Dharma as moral authority - was a privileged opportunity to reflect on Sr Ambedkar life as a social reformer. Nearby lies Chaityabhoomi, his final resting place.

Ambedkar studied at Elphinstone College in what was then Bombay before going on to Columbia University in New York City. He then studied at the London School of Economics, and was called to the Bar at Gray’s Inn. Many other freedom fighters followed similar intellectual journeys involving education in Britain including Gandhi, Aurobindo and Nehru.

Just months ago, I stood here again to catch a glimpse of the Bandra Worli Sealink bridge with projections celebrating the visit of Sir Keir Starmer.

A new chapter in UK–India relations is now being written, with British universities and Indian students once again at its heart.

Hon. PM Starmer and Hon. PM Narendra Modi met with nine UK University Vice Chancellors preparing to establish campuses in India.

By chance, I also ran into an old friend, Praveen, with whom we’ve hosted over a thousand British students learning about India - past, present, and future.

Wishing all Indians everywhere, a very Happy Republic Day.

Jai Hind. Jai Bharat. 🙏🇬🇧❤️🇮🇳🙏

Did you know 26 Jan was once India’s Independence Day? Today, it is Republic Day. How are you celebrating? Check my stories to see how we are.

Here is the important and fascinating story behind this incredibly important date in not just Indian but world history.

Between 1930 and 1946, Indians marked 26 January as the day of Purna Swaraj - the declaration of complete self-rule from independence from the British. When freedom finally came on 15 August 1947, the same historic date, 26 January, was chosen in 1950 for the adoption of the Constitution of India - transforming it into Republic Day.

I visited a beach in Mumbai, Dadar Chowpatty, to pay my respects to the architect of the Constitution of India Dr BR Ambedkar.

He is about to be commemorated at this spot with the third largest statue in the world.

Holding the Constitution of India, standing before the four-lion capital of Ashoka - a symbol of the Republic and of Dharma as moral authority - was a privileged opportunity to reflect on Sr Ambedkar life as a social reformer. Nearby lies Chaityabhoomi, his final resting place.

Ambedkar studied at Elphinstone College in what was then Bombay before going on to Columbia University in New York City. He then studied at the London School of Economics, and was called to the Bar at Gray’s Inn. Many other freedom fighters followed similar intellectual journeys involving education in Britain including Gandhi, Aurobindo and Nehru.

Just months ago, I stood here again to catch a glimpse of the Bandra Worli Sealink bridge with projections celebrating the visit of Sir Keir Starmer.

A new chapter in UK–India relations is now being written, with British universities and Indian students once again at its heart.

Hon. PM Starmer and Hon. PM Narendra Modi met with nine UK University Vice Chancellors preparing to establish campuses in India.

By chance, I also ran into an old friend, Praveen, with whom we’ve hosted over a thousand British students learning about India - past, present, and future.

Wishing all Indians everywhere, a very Happy Republic Day.

Jai Hind. Jai Bharat. 🙏🇬🇧❤️🇮🇳🙏