by Karthik Davey | Aug 23, 2022 | Life @Dhole's Den
Dear Friends, We have at our den, guests big and small. Most of the guests whom I regularly meet mention to me that our staff is very friendly and they aren’t the usual hotel personnel with a measured gait, a smile that even a ‘donkey’ can deliver but with warmth in ...
by Karthik Davey | Aug 23, 2022 | Life @Dhole's Den
To Zulu on her ninth birthday…. My daughter, I take the liberty to address you so as there are people who understand the underlying feeling in my calling you the daughter of the house and because there are people who vehemently oppose calling you so. My letter to you...
by Karthik Davey | Aug 23, 2022 | Life @Dhole's Den
My dear Boy, Another year passed by, you are older by a year and I can hope to be wiser now, as older I am already You would have turned 70 today! I sit here in ‘Ekant’ meaning Solitude and see the setting sun through the shell windows that have been so lovingly made...
by Karthik Davey | Aug 23, 2022 | Life @Dhole's Den
Friends of Dhole’s Den, Some 6 months or so earlier I was gifted a ‘Gamcha’ from Assam. That was as a symbol of respect from my staff and their affection towards me. Upon asking about the details I was told by Parag who started off as my driver but now has grown up to...
by Karthik Davey | Aug 23, 2022 | Life @Dhole's Den
Friends of Dhole’s Den Many of you must be wondering why a ‘political’ article here. The article is by me and was published in a bi-monthly magazine called India & You and was distributed at the recently concluded Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas at Varanasi. The reason to...
by Karthik Davey | Aug 23, 2022 | Life @Dhole's Den
How much did you purchase it for? Is what I heard as I stood there in Mysore on a morning of 2012. We were the exotic ‘Indian Breed’ among the 500 plus entries at the dog show in Mysore. I paused for a second as he was among the small group that had gathered looking...