Safar

The weather in Delhi is great these days…alternating between bone chilling   cold, showers of hail ( this January a lot of records are being broken, the numerous news channels tell us)   and the glorious sun. It is the weather which reminded me of my visit to Tunis, the capital of Tunisia, some years back, around this time of the year….   one of my numerous visits to promote Indian tea. And I hope it is just a coincidence that all these places I visited ended up in turmoil later…..believe me I had nothing to do with it !! Tunis was a delight…and my delight lay in the bright blue Mediterranean, the roman ruins and   the quaint narrow cobbled alleys of the Medina. The Medina, founded by the Arabs in the 17 th century was once all that Tunis was, till the city oozed out of it into a bustling town. Today Medina is a Unesco world heritage site with its architectural marvels, the maze of alleys, arched winding streets lined with tall mansions, palaces, local market...