Landscapes of the mind
THIS large glass window looks on to a peak the villagers call Shali. The early morning light caresses the valleys, skims the tops of the...
All Writings
- Sep 30, 2006
- 4 min
A daiquiri, then a mojito
Ernest Hemingway stayed often at the Hotel Ambos Mundos in the 1930s and was a regular at El Floriditia. The La Bodeguita Del Medio makes...
- Sep 2, 2006
- 4 min
Your Mumbai, my Bombay
In the early morning, the scene from the balcony would be very different — the sea held no dark secrets, the water had receded to reveal...
- Aug 5, 2006
- 4 min
Water, stone and sky
THE Gulf of Finland is a choppy grey this afternoon. Two long low hydrofoils waft uncomfortably in the water. The strong breeze blows in...
- Jul 1, 2006
- 4 min
Journals of the footloose
IMMOBILISED by the heat outside, in which only the blushing bougainvillea could dare to sway gently, I spent the weekend among the...
- Jun 3, 2006
- 4 min
`I remember you well in Chelsea Hotel'
JUST back from a quick trip to the Himachal hills, a news snippet about the reclusive poet and singer Leonard Cohen catches the eye. He...
- May 6, 2006
- 5 min
Give me your seconds
IN the 1960s, Dehra Dun's Paltan Bazaar was as throbbing a slice of life as one could ever wish for. Cycling downhill from the clock...
- Apr 1, 2006
- 4 min
Of roses and poets
FIFTEEN years ago, a friendly captain of an Air-India jumbo invited me into the cockpit during a flight back from Paris. It was a magical...
- Mar 4, 2006
- 4 min
The right way to write
VIKRAM CHANDRA is in the news these days for the mind-boggling advance that he has earned for his forthcoming novel Sacred Games. If the...