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)
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
INDIAN RAIN
Suli Ram. Evening is near.Soon the clouds will cool the earth with showers… – South Asian Lullaby It was winter … Continue reading INDIAN RAIN
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
CHURCHILL’S GHOST
Life is a whole, and luck is a whole… – Winston Churchill, My Early Life. At Sassoon Dock, the fishing … Continue reading CHURCHILL’S GHOST
KARMA POLICE
I heard the Radiohead song Karma Police playing… In Nagpur, I found the best Eggs Benedict in the world. And … Continue reading KARMA POLICE
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