Sir Arthur C. Clarke: parts 1, 2 & 3
Amitav GhoshJuly 30, 2001 Colombo Went to see Arthur C. Clarke . He lives in a large compound in Colombo 7. The house has a nice garden on the…
Ratnagiri Journals
Ratnagiri, March 7, 1998 King Thebaw is incarnate in this town: his name is everywhere and everyone knows him. I ask people about him and they answer: ‘Yes, Thiba-raja, he…
Horse-latitudes
‘Horse-latitudes. A space between the westerly winds of higher latitudes and the trade-winds, notorious for tedious calms. The name arose from our old navigators often throwing the horses overboard…
Sacred Trash
Sacred Trash: The Lost and Found World of the Cairo Geniza, by Adina Hoffman and Peter Cole, Schocken, New York, 2011. The story of the Cairo Geniza – that…
Angkor, Interview: 2
Angkor Diaries, January 1993 Interview with Mr. Pich Keo, archaeologist and curator (part 2). Q. When you arrived in Angkor on the 15th of January, 1979, what was it…
Angkor, Interview: 1
January 1993 Interview with Mr. Pich Keo, archaeologist and curator. Mr Pich Keo: I finished my studies in 1971; I have a degree in science d’archaéologie. In 1973 I…
Debbie’s book
'The Convert' just released in New York. 'Mesmerizing' - New York Times Book Review. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/22/books/review/book-review-the-convert-by-deborah-baker.html?_r=1&ref=review
Stand corrected
Re my last post: Thomas Abraham writes: 'Don’t know if you’ve seen this but saradindu badyopadhyay was published by Puffin –quite some time ago, when I was at Penguin. http://www.bookadda.com/product/band-soldiers-saradindu-bandyopadhyay/p-9780143335085-0143335081'…
Two Bengali Writers
It’s clear that the emergence of a vibrant new industry of translation is transforming the literary landscape of India. At an airport bookshop the other day I was delighted…