'70 years after Independence,' says Kishore Singh, 'we're having to arm ourselves against a new enemy out on the roads to molest, burgle, attack and threaten.'

'My wife and I have wiped out our savings booking tickets to places we've been invited for the nuptials of everyone from friends' children to those of acquaintances,' says Kishore Singh.

Kishore Singh on Jean-Michel Basquiat and his worth.

'The worthy Amartya Sen is a mutterer, and unless you're really concentrating, or know your stuff, you're going to make a fool of yourself, as I did,' remembers Kishore Singh.

'That one of Delhi's busiest crossings, within a stone's throw of Lutyens' habitat, should be hostage to the mercy of hoodlums, who think nothing of attacking and thieving in plain sight of thousands of commuters without dread of reprisal, is scary,' says Kishore Singh.

Art historian Yashodhara Dalmia's book on the Sri Lankan artist, who fell so deeply for India that he even claimed Rajput descent, is a momentous publishing event, says Kishore Singh.

'My wife and her camera phone are never separated,' notes Kishore Singh.

In a family of working professionals, reconciling a holiday schedule is the difficult part of the vacation, rues Kishore Singh.

The lobby of ITC Maurya has several artworks by 20th century masters like Krishen Khanna, Akbar Padamsee, Tyeb Mehta and M F Husains. It has everything going to become India's first art museum hotel.

Due to unavoidable circumstances, Kishore Singh is forced to become an Uber convert.

'It's cool in a decadent, Rome-is-burning kind of way,' says Kishore Singh.

'Having failed for years to get him to move out of the house to set up an independent establishment of his own, it came as a surprise when he asked if it was all right if he moved out for a year "to live a bachelor's life".'

If my children have doubts about matrimony, the reason might well lie in the family, says Kishore Singh.

'Her work involves hiring people to serve in the hospitality industry, and she acknowledges that though remunerations are fixed, those with fairer skins are the first pick of companies, while those of a darker hue have a difficult time getting placements.'

Marriott has the best breakfast in town. New Delhi airport has the best stores. Kishore Singh on the good, bad and worst among hotels, airports and airlines.

It is a little like glimpsing old photographs and feeling a sense of sweetness, or sorrow, says Kishore Singh.

When Kishore Singh found himself fielding dieting fads and hints...

Kishore Singh's encounters with post 8/11 India.

In Goa, says Kishore Singh, you are defined as much by the village that makes up your address as by the neighbours who keep you company.

On his latest trip to the US, Kishore Singh could not help but relate to the worries about coming times, and think what President Donald Trump's America needs is an Indian export -- the "commoner" and street rabble-rouser, Arvind Kejriwal.