Anjali Sookram is our Kingston correspondent, covering Jamaica and the wider Caribbean. She pays particular attention to the Indian-origin communities — Trinidad, Guyana, Suriname — whose histories connect Indian indenture to the shape of the modern Caribbean.
Recent work
Mysore Palace: Where India's Royal Soul Still Breathes
Mysore Palace in Karnataka is not merely a royal residence frozen in history — it is a breathing, ceremonially active monument that connects modern India to centuries of Wodeyar dynasty rule. Drawing millions of visitors annually, the palace dazzles with its Indo-Saracenic architecture, its legendary Dasara celebrations, and its layered story of art, devotion, and statecraft. To walk its corridors is to understand that Indian civilisation did not end with empire — it endured, adapted, and illuminated.
Somnath Temple: Where the Sea Witnesses Eternity's Unbroken Vow
Somnath Temple in Gujarat is one of the twelve Jyotirlingas of Lord Shiva and among the most sacred pilgrimage sites in all of India. Perched at the confluence of three rivers on the Arabian Sea coast, it has been razed and reborn across centuries, each reconstruction a testament to the living pulse of Hindu civilisation. Today's gleaming temple — consecrated in 1951 with Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's blessing — is not merely a religious monument but a declaration that India's spiritual inheritance cannot be erased.