This interview appeared in The Hindu written in September 2011

Aline Dobbie loves India that is immediately obvious when we met very recently. However clichéd she sees India truly as a ‘world in one country’.

As I leaned on the ship’s rail looking out to sea with a beautiful sunset beginning to form there was a pleasant feeling of anticipation and delight at the prospect of fulfilling a long held dream of visiting the hitherto relatively unknown Lakshadweep Islands on a fortnight’s cruise.