Sly Company
Amitav GhoshRahul Bhattacharya: The Sly Company of People Who Care, Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, New York, 2011. An account of a year in Guyana by an Indian cricket writer who…
Rio de Janeiro: Churches and confeitarias
Church of São Bento, 17th century Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição e Boa-Morte, 1735 Confeitaria Colombo, 1894 …
With Abraham Verghese
at the Rio de Janeiro Book Festival Some years ago, after reading the The Tennis Partner I wrote to Abraham Verghese to tell him how…
Rio de Janeiro: echoes of Goa
Panjim? Church and Monastery of São Bento, Don Geraldo St., 68, Downtown Rio Interior, Monastery of São…
Barra, Rio de Janeiro
Barra (where the 2016 Olympics are to be held), sometimes a bit like Miami and sometimes reminiscent of Kolkata…
Letter from Yangon
A friend writes from Yangon: Dear Amitav, How are you?... Today at American Centre…
Elephants in the Room
In the great torrent of words inspired by Anna Hazare’s anti-corruption movement what is not being discussed has proved to be almost as significant as what is being said.…
Hurricane Irene in Brooklyn
Brooklyn after Hurricane Irene Although these images might suggest otherwise, Hurricane Irene was not in a particularly intemperate mood when she passed over Brooklyn on Sunday, August…
North Africa Journal, 1979: Sbeitla
August 13, 1979 Roman acqueduct, Sbeitla, Tunisia The next day we went off to Sbeitla. Their plans originally were to go…
North Africa Journal, 1979: Dougga
Dougga (from Google Images) August 13, 1979 Dougga is perched on a hill and right at the top is the spectacular skeleton of the temple of…