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Amitav GhoshYou are too muchi good, Mistoh AMMY “The White head Ghosh” (Letter from Li Shiu-je “Chi-Mei”) I wanchi thank Mister Ammy. Mister Ammy put me … a litti washerwoman in…
North Africa Journal, 1979: 4
Carthage, Tunisia August 13, 1979 Fell mildly ill for a while in Tunis. Think it was just a…
North Africa Journal, 1979: 3
Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia One evening met two Tunisians quite by chance. Was eating at a little restaurant in a gali Medina, Tunis …
North Africa Journal, 1979: 2
Zaitoun Mosque, Tunis It wasn’t difficult to find the hostel I’ll be living in. Everyone…
North Africa Journal, 1979: 1
In July 1979 I traveled to Tunisia, to learn Arabic at the Insitut Habib Bourguiba in Tunis. July 13, 1979 Arrived in Tunis on the 2nd, at about 11…
‘Day-Scholar’ by Siddharth Chowdhury
Day-Scholar by Siddharth Chowdhury (Picador, 2010) An enjoyable tale of life in Delhi University in the 1990s. I was struck by how much the university, and indeed, the…
August 16th
There are days that exhaust one’s capacity for outrage: this is one such. The arrest of Anna Hazare to begin with: one does not need to be a follower…
‘Brazilian Adventure’ by Peter Fleming
Published in 1933, Peter Fleming's Brazilian Adventure is an immensely entertaining account of a hare-brained expedition into the interior of Brazil. The expedition was mounted, ostensibly, to search for traces…
BB King and Bihar
For several months now I've been looking forward to the publication of Taj Mahal Foxtrot: A Story of Bombay’s Jazz Age by Naresh Fernandes. The extracts I read…
Sundarbans journal, January 19, 2000
January 19, 2000 On board the Megha Sundarbans Stopped for the night at ‘Gerafitola’, after leaving Netidhopani and passing through Chamta Island. On the way,…