Scenes From a Doorway
So you are on a train, rolling across the plains of Central India. What do you do? Simple…you sit in … Continue reading Scenes From a Doorway
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RAGE IN EDEN
Lines join in faint discord, and the Stormwatch brewsa concert of kings… – Jethro Tull, Dun Ringill The gods were … Continue reading RAGE IN EDEN
The Great Flood (Part 3)
…a long, basso profundo chant which echoed hollowly inside the temple. It was almost silent in the cavern. The air … Continue reading The Great Flood (Part 3)
CHARON’S LANDING
Don’t pay the ferryman until he gets you to the other side… – Chris de Burgh It was chaos at … Continue reading CHARON’S LANDING
The Indigo Revolt
I wish I had invented blue jeans… – Yves Saint Laurent It was an uprising in blue. The Nil vidroha, … Continue reading The Indigo Revolt
ENLIGHTENMENT
Enlightenment, don’t know what it is. – Van Morrison He was a vision in orange. His robes hung from his … Continue reading ENLIGHTENMENT
The Bridge Across Forever
“When Brahm ceases to dream, the Gods go…”– Rudyard Kipling, The Bridge Builders Findlayson of the Public Works Department would … Continue reading The Bridge Across Forever
A Perfect Pearl
Never mind those making promises of the afterlife;Join us now, righteous friends, in this intoxication… – Zeb-un-Nissa, Mughal poetess. She … Continue reading A Perfect Pearl
The Great Flood (Part Two)
And they carved elaborate effigies of the Buddha, seated and reclining, in the darkest recesses of their crepuscular, subterranean world… … Continue reading The Great Flood (Part Two)
The Great Flood (Part One)
For tens of thousands of years, the lava flooded out over the eastern side of India… It was a hellish … Continue reading The Great Flood (Part One)
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