Philip Hensher’s ‘Scenes from Early Life’
ChrestomatherI met Philip Hensher in 2008: his novel, The Northern Clemency, was on the Booker Prize shortlist that year, as was my Sea of Poppies. …
Ludu U Sein Win and the School of ‘Feeling, Mood and Action’ in Yangon
On Sunday June 17, the democracy movement in Myanmar lost one of its pillars, Ludu U Sein Wein. Ludu U Sein Win, Jan 1996 …
The ‘Red Mowlana’ and the Last Emperor of China: Part 6
From Mao-Tse Tung-er Deshe (In 'Mao Tse-tung’s Country' by Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani), pp. 48-49 On May 1, 1962, Pu Yi married for the second time.…
The ‘Red Mowlana’ and the Last Emperor of China: Part 5
From Mao-Tse Tung-er Deshe (In 'Mao Tse-tung’s Country' by Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani), pp. 46-47 ‘But still I’ll tell you a few things about my life…
The ‘Red Mowlana’ and the Last Emperor of China: Part 4
From Mao-Tse Tung-er Deshe (In 'Mao Tse-tung’s Country' by Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani), pp. 45-46 Pu Yi spoke of his days in the camp with…
The ‘Red Mowlana’ and the Last Emperor of China: Part 3.
From Mao-Tse Tung-er Deshe (In 'Mao Tse-tung’s Country' by Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani), pp. 44-45 ‘The veteran official then explained to us that the…
The ‘Red Mowlana’ and the Last Emperor of China: Part 2
From Mao-Tse Tung-er Deshe (In 'Mao Tse-tung’s Country' by Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani), pp. 43-44 I heard from Pu Yi’s own lips that…
The ‘Red Maulana’ and the Last Emperor of China: Part 1
I met Layli Uddin in London, in the British Library. She is of Bangladeshi origin and grew up in England. She has an MPhil in Modern South Asian…
Correspondence with a doctor
Dear Amitavada, i don't know whether this mail will reach you or not but i feel a tremendous desire to write to you.i am a specialist physician,working in…
On Blogging:4 of 4
For me the most direct aspect of the blog’s appeal is its hospitality to visual imagery. I am an inveterate snapshot-taker and have accumulated a large trove…