We had Yardboy, who ditched us and went back to his home country. We have Nancy Gandhi who writes evocatively about life in Chennai as an outsider.

Here are two more to add to the list. India from another perspective. Daniel Brett, ‘the sahib of behala’ and Sonia Toor, a ‘British Indian in Bombay’ (Sonia, you should get a blog!)

(And thanks to Nancy, I know what I’m having for lunch today!)