The Garden I Designed Myself (and Mostly Didn’t Kill)
In the beginning, I only wanted vegetables. This is the confession of someone who now has lavender, roses, marigolds, lemongrass, three kinds of basil, ...
7am, Two Dogs, a Cup of Tea, and the View
There's a particular kind of morning that happens here in the Nilgiris that I don't think I could have imagined before I lived it. ...
I’ve Been Planning This Farm Since 2005
In 2005, I had a rather detailed fantasy. It involved goats. A wood-fired pizza oven. Tomatoes grown right outside the kitchen door. And a ...
Goa, Snakes, and Why I Left Paradise
People always look quite surprised when I mention I used to live in Goa. Oh, Goa, they say. How could you leave? I smile. I think ...
Sushi vs Cool Climate: How I Chose the Nilgiris
When I told my father I was torn between settling in Goa or the Nilgiris, he thought about it for a moment and said: ...
Sophie Came First (And She’ll Never Let You Forget It)
Sophie arrived in September 2018, nine months old, with the energy of someone who has decided the world is basically fine and she will move through ...
And Then Came Pepper
Pepper joined us in 2023, four months old, travelling all the way from Mumbai to the Nilgiris in a van with a photographer, a vastu practitioner ...