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)
Tag: India
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)
Two Feet in Asia (Reprise)
Holidays must end, as you know; all these memories taken home with me… – 10,000 Maniacs, Verdi Cries. Mid-afternoon in … Continue reading Two Feet in Asia (Reprise)
Lament for the Traveller
The past is a foreign country. They do things differently there.– L.P. Hartley, The Go-betweens I thought I would die … Continue reading Lament for the Traveller
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