Badly organised Indians, big fireworks and drink really don't mix...

We left this Divali gathering just as someone was killed, through lack of simple safety precautions.

'My' community tends to be frightened of everything that moves, yet are often their own worst enemies.

four generations - naming ceremony for my new little nephew Sam

 

 

 

Shailja did a little improvised ceremony with a friend's richly embroidered wedding saree and her nephews

 

 

 

 

 

 

a day out at gardens near Tigoni

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quaker Meeting for Business, served al fresco

 

 

 

Donald, waiting patiently for the Light...

the Bizarre Bazaar, for conveniently sourcing Christmas trees and garden gorillas

Ngong Racecourse

Christmas in Nairobi is odd

the Belle Vue drive-in cinema, where my cousin Anjli and sat on the roof of my dad's VW Beetle when we were small