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A long, dry summer

A silver lining in the dark clouds of this 10-week lockdown and the attendant downturn in the economy is the possibility that online ordering and home deliveries of at least wines will continue.

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Ben Marco Malbec (Rs 4,151 in Bengaluru) is rated at 93 points ("Excellent") by James Suckling. It's a lovely full-bodied wine with ripe red fruit and roasted coffee beans aromas, soft tannins and a bright chewy finish, well worth its premium price.

Alok Chandra Bengaluru
March 22: A “trial” lockdown for 24 hours shows how easy it is for people in India to stay at home — if you have a home, that is. Something novel for the novel coronavirus now “going viral”.

March 24: A three-week lockdown announced by PM Modi in a dramatic 8 pm telecast the night before, giving four hours’ notice — presumably so that people cannot “escape” to better climes. Word must have got out, though, for a goodly number of Delhi’s denizens with hilltop homes seem to have made their way there.

No great change in my lifestyle: I am stocked,