LADY IN RED
Her long dress is bright amid the sea of black dresses… It is raining on Park Street. Outside the big … Continue reading LADY IN RED
Her long dress is bright amid the sea of black dresses… It is raining on Park Street. Outside the big … Continue reading LADY IN RED
And the dawn comes up like thunder, outta China, ‘crost the bay… – Rudyard Kipling, Mandalay Travelling is a series … Continue reading FROM FAIRLIE TO HOWRAH
He anoints my hands with a fragrant oil and bids me welcome… “Allāhu ‘akbar; lā ‘ilāha ‘illā-llāh…”(Allah is greater; there … Continue reading TIPU SULTAN’S MOSQUE
Empty platforms in nameless towns flashing by. I made these notes in my diary as I crossed the state of … Continue reading The Plains of Madhya Pradesh.
Along the sandstone terrace beside the Kali temple and out into the sunlight beside the Ganges… Dawn on Manikarnika Ghat. … Continue reading THE CHAI WALLAH’S KITCHEN
Few things can prepare you for your first sight of the River Ganges… The driver was lost. Confused by the … Continue reading CONFLUENCE
“Such a river of life as nowhere else exists in the world.”– Rudyard Kipling On the Dufferin Bridge, I was … Continue reading THE GRAND TRUNK ROAD
The head waiter has a moustache with the tips waxed and curled up in twin hooks, giving him the look … Continue reading TWO BEERS AT THE LEOPOLD
The worshippers jostled and shoved me along, moving clockwise around the statue and its marble enclosure. Outside the colourful chaos … Continue reading IN THE TEMPLES OF OUR FATHERS
Good morning from an Indian train… I came to India to ride trains. They were one of my abiding memories … Continue reading MORNINGTOWN RIDE