Marvelous Histories
Chrestomather'Magical realism' is as much a part of history as of fiction. It could not be otherwise, for history is replete with instances of the 'marvelous', at least in the…
Zoroastrian Hong Kong
Parsis have played an important role in the Hong Kong's history since the time of its founding (the Treaty of Nanking, which ceded Hong Kong to the British, was…
Hong Kong People
Hong Kong is home to many interesting people, like the novelist Xu Xi whose…
Tristful Trieste
A few kilometres from the Castello di Miramare is the city of Trieste. …
Castello di Miramare and Anakin Skywalker’s Idyll
Some place names are attractive enough to be claimed by the whole world. 'Copacabana' is one such; 'Tivoli' is another (as a child I thought 'Tivoli' was a…
Some links
On Feb 23, N.P. Ashley, who teaches English Literature in Delhi University, wrote: ' I found your experiential account of the Sikh Riots of 1984 an extremely powerful…
Rilke’s Castle
One morning, in Ljubljana, I wake and remember a line: 'To stay is to be nowhere ...' Between southern Slovenia and eastern Italy lie the Dinaric Alps…
Ljubljana: Lyric City
Among the younger generation of Slovenian poets, Aleš Šteger is one of the best-known. …
Zorastrian Kabul
Shernaz Italia, who is, along with Freny Khodaiji, one of the producers of the film of The Hungry Tide writes: Apropos your post dated…
Mountaintops and Riverfront, Kabul
Kabul is a city of dramatic vistas. These shots were taken from the summit of a hill called Bibi…