My Dating Journey Learnt From Backpacking, Books And Never Dating An Indian

Reading Time: 5 minutesElin, Sarah and Tracey. They’re the names of the first girls I ‘fancied’. That was ages 11, 11 and 14. Takeela, Louise and Zoe are three more (all from my teen years). I guess you remember many of your first memories of ‘first things’ – they tend to stick with you I didn’t really understand […]

Backpacking Alone In India As A British Indian In 2014

Reading Time: 5 minutesMy dad and I said our goodbyes abruptly. I’d been unhappy in the village; my father’s village for the one night I’d been there. As night had set in, with the lack of doors and windows, power and use of simple nets and incense sticks to fend off mosquitoes – I felt like I was […]