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
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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)
Locomotive Breath
Say, porter, when’s the next train down? – Rudyard Kipling, My Sunday at Home On the platform at Allahabad Railway … Continue reading Locomotive Breath
Ninety-two and Twenty Twenty
Nothing changes but everything changes…– Sharon O’Neil, Kids in Our Town (1983) I turned 29 in India. It was 1992. … Continue reading Ninety-two and Twenty Twenty
NIGHT TRAIN TO GONDWANA
The lights went out. And we were on our way to Gondwana. There is something ineffably romantic about an Indian … Continue reading NIGHT TRAIN TO GONDWANA
SEVEN ISLAND SUITE
Seven islands on the high side of the bay as you’re looking west… – Gordon Lightfoot Dusk on the Arabian … Continue reading SEVEN ISLAND SUITE
A BEND IN THE RIVER
(This story, written in 1993, was my first attempt at travel writing. It was written on a small portable typewriter … Continue reading A BEND IN THE RIVER
THE FOREST OF STONE
The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working … Continue reading THE FOREST OF STONE
Vanishing Points
Nothing beside remains. Round the decayof that colossal wreck, boundless and barethe lone and level sands stretch far away… – … Continue reading Vanishing Points
Ghosts of Cooper Creek
I live and breathe the silences and dust where no man reigns… – Cold Chisel, Wild … Continue reading Ghosts of Cooper Creek
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