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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...
Nov 5, 20064 min read
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...
Oct 1, 20064 min read
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...
Sep 3, 20064 min read
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...
Aug 6, 20064 min read
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...
Jul 2, 20064 min read
`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...
Jun 4, 20064 min read
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...
May 7, 20065 min read
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...
Apr 2, 20064 min read
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...
Mar 5, 20064 min read
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