Bombay is a city where gossip is treated as a commodity.
Once in a very long time you come across a book that is far, far more than the ink, the glue and the paper, a book that seeps into your blood. With such a book the impact isn't necessarily obvious at...
The porters could always be coaxed to continue a little further through driving rain by the mere suggestion of a Pot Noodle at the end.
Real travel is not about the highlights with which you dazzle your friends once you're home. It's about the loneliness, the solitude, the evenings spent by yourself, pining to be somewhere else. Those...
Where does one go in a tremendous city like Calcutta to find insider information? I recalled India's golden rule: do the opposite of what would be normal anywhere else.
There is nothing quite as unpleasant as wearing a pair of briefs which have been trailed through a Calcutta courtyard. Nothing, that is, except having one's elbows and knees lacerated by unseen sliver...
Because there is no challenge, there is no reason to work hard. And with no reason to work hard, we all have become lazy. Lazy people are like cancer. They spread. Before you know it, the entire count...
In some peculiar way, indeed, the rules were now beginning to seem quite logical. It was then I knew that I had been in India long enough.
As the man was bundled into an armoured police van, he turned and shouted: ‘Don’t waste your life following others! Be individual! Live your dreams!’I stood there thinking. He was right. Ours is a soc...
For me, a journey to Damascus is an amazing hunt from beginning to end, a slice through layers of history in search of treasure.
A journey of observation must leave as much as possible to chance. Random movement is the best plan for maximum observation
Once in a very long time you come across a book that is far, far more than the ink, the glue and the paper, a book that seeps into your blood.
He came to the conclusion that humans confused the content with the container.They would gorge themselves on great plates of inferior food, imagining it to be delicious because there was simply so muc...
The only thing they valued higher than ammunition were Man United footballs.
Previous journeys had taught me the danger of taking too much stuff.
One senses that, in these conditions, no amount of wet-wiping could bring true hygiene.
There is nothing like a train journey for reflection.
Most journeys have a clear beginning, but on some the ending is less well-defined. The question is, at what point do you bite your lip and head for home?
To be selfless, you would give charity anonymously, walj softly on the earth, and look out for others-even total strangers-before you look out for yourself. For the Arab mind, the self is an obstacle,...
Osman and Prideep had been in my employment for some weeks. Every Friday I would take the to lunch. It was the high point of their calender. During the meal I would harangue them as a reminder of what...
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