CHARLOTTE TOTTENHAM

As someone who spends a great part of her time fussing about finding good coffee, Delhi can present a bit of a challenge. All too often I am greeted with the poor excuse for a cup of coffee that is half a teaspoon of Nescafé in lukewarm water. Sadly, despite the numerous plantations in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka over 80% of the beans grown in India are exported. Numerous cafés and restaurants in Delhi have cottoned on to the delight that is good coffee, but until rece

I learnt a phenomenal statistic this morning - over 2.5 million tourists visit the Taj Mahal every year! 2.2 million of these are domestic tourists. This perhaps accounts for the rather higher dosage of pushing and shoving that goes on, but it also accounts for kaleidoscope of colour that you are treated to when wandering around this magnificent Mughal monument. Another fun fact about the Taj is that Emperor Shah Jahan intended to build a mirror image of his vast tomb on the