Slowly and gradually, I have started learning how to withdraw money from ATMs. I have started using my card to swipe at POS machines — and yes, that too is an interesting way of making payments.

The tour — a group of elegant travellers from the Rotary Club of Trivandrum South, led by Mr. Benny Thomas of Holidayshop — landed in the...

I was sitting next to him in the front seat of his Bajaj autorickshaw, watching the city unfold before us — a city trying hard to be peaceful, while still visibly tense.