John Lennon: Lennon Peace Monument Unveiled in Liverpool
Cynthia (Lennon) asked everyone to seek the kind of peace Lennon enjoyed, which was to have a good time. "Go and have a good time," she said.
Shashikiran Mullur
An Indian Ruminates on Independence Day
Though some of us speak of lost values and vanished principles, none will risk disruption of this opiate prosperous state of being.
Kadumane Estate — A Giant Theater
I take a last look at the glowing mist that has filled the trees and capped the hills. It is as though a cold white heat has rimmed this world, this enormous bowl ringed by hills.
The White Planter's Coffee Club
Peering through time, the mists are thick. In their haze are white men from six-thousand miles away, seeking fortune and adventure in the jungles of Malnad.
Diaries: Tokyo and Kyoto
The maikos posed on Ninenzaka's cobblestones: young, gracious, smiling without showing teeth, more cute than sexy, attractive to all ages and to both sexes.
Wandering About in Sultanahmet, Istanbul
His cry rode a long time on each breath and dipped and rose and turned and twisted in the sweet manner of an endless Hindusthani strain and my mind came to a halt and listened, rapt.
Mauritius : About Honouring Past Heroes
At the National Museum in Mahebourg, there is a celebration of another type of hero in Mauritian history—the corsair. And Surcouf was the king of Corsairs.
Why is Shankar Shetru leaving Sakleshpur?
Every morning, the planter should walk everywhere in his plantation — the trees and the pepper and the coffee seek his smell.
Tuol Sleng, Duch, and Hell on Earth
Duch ran the prison, oversaw the torture, and, soon as he had a "confession," certified the dispatch of his prisoners to the "killing fields" out of town.
At a Pond in the Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia
The sight holds a long time, it is wondrous, but I want to see fish, so I intensify my gaze: they come out like ghosts …