I’ve just caught up with everyone’s posts from the past few days, but I am unable to post any comments, and it is SO frustrating for a loudmouth like me. I want to comment on Trish’s lovely pics of chillies fried in olive oil, I want to tell Gilda how much I admire her paring down: I want to tell Arun that his poem about his daughter’s cycling is wonderful…and so it goes…but I can’t.

Anyone else having this problem?

Off to Sirsi/Banavasi…the land of the Kadambas…for the weekend. You lot will, I know, post 18,379 fantastically interesting post in the interim….but enjoy your weekend…and my fellow-Indians..and Pakistanis…happy Independence Day on Monday!