Persia under the pines
Persia under the pines I’m in Tel Aviv this week. Mind and mood throwback to a lakeside retreat in Maine twelve years ago. At that unforgettable fortnight-long meet for writers and teachers, convened by the…
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Outlook magazine
The Outlook Magazine featured Chai for Cancer in their February 13 2023 issue. “A Labour of Love” showcases Viji Venkatesh’s mission to provide cancer care and support, one cup of tea at a time.
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Delhi, March 26 2023
Chai for Cancer Delhi Adda hosted by the very warm and gracious Sindhushree Khullar at her Delhi home on Sunday, March 26, 2023. Sindhu donated her 70th birthday to her unique Chai for Cancer Adda. In her own words,…
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Patna, 5 March 2023
A unique attribute of Chai for Cancer has been its power to raise support from all quarters of the society. This time Chai for Cancer organised its first Adda in the beautiful city of Patna,…
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Think pink
Think pink It’s the time of year when Bombay bursts with beautiful summer blooms. With vermilion gulmohar and burnished laburnum, pastel-perfect bougainvillea and dreamy clouds of mussaenda bushes. Lanes crowned by leafy canopies seem to roll…
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Speak softly love
Speak softly love Valentine’s is the right day to recap how romantic Bombay once played and pined, danced and dined. To start with my own folks in the late 1950s… The moment my father popped…
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Pune, 5 February 2023
Continuing with the spirit of World Cancer Day, Abhishek and Amruta Patidar, Friends of Max City Chapter Leaders from Pune, supported by their loving family organised an action-packed, high-energy Chai for Cancer adda at their…
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Mumbai, 19 January 2023
The new year started with the unique chai for Cancer Musical Adda organized in Mumbai on Thursday, 19 January 2023. This Adda was organized by our stalwart hosts, Gayatari and Shantanu Srivastava at their Khar…
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas The Dickensian alleys of Sonapur village in Dhobi Talao come alive most interestingly around Christmas. In Wellington Terrace, on the street saluting physician-mayor Simon Fernandes, residents miss…
