Tagore and Shantiniketan
At Shantiniketan, sunny winter had turned the soil dry, and there was dust in the air, and haze, and acres and acres of chiaroscuro carpeting.
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Travel
Stories from my travels on work, and travels that I've done to escape work …
A Short Stay at Pasumalai in Madurai
The animals, having always owned the hill, have their own scheme of entrances and exits. The back of the hill is wild and closed to man.
Rajesh Vaidya at the Brihadisvara Temple in Tanjore
The man tossed his head up and about a lot, sending his long hair flying, adding drama to mastery. The style was Carnatic, the sound of the veena as always was sweet.
The Chola Temple at Gangaikonda Cholapuram
The form of the Chola statue is lean, slender, its pose delicate, and the features of male and female are so sharp you can cut with them.
The Cellular Jail in the Andamans
The Andaman Island’s Cellular Jail, the jailer settlement of the British on Ross Island, and the son et lumière at both places.
Muddling Around at the Sira Fort
This huge fort — its ramparts still standing — was built in the time of the Vijayanagara empire, passing down to a succession of other dynasties: the Bijapur sultans, the Mughals, Haidar Ali and Tipu Sultan, the Marathas, and, finally, the Raj.
A Short Trip to Auroville, and the Aurobindo Ashram
A weighty hush kept everybody in silence. My wife pinched my arm to show me things.
The Writing Craft, the Formidable Iain Sinclair, Allen, Sedaris
A creation that none but the creator may comprehend has been performed only once ever, by the Creator of creators, and who may dare to rise to His bar?
The Hasanamba Temple in Hassan
A stricken Kafur rushed to the poojaris of the devis but they couldn't help him, the affront to the devis being so terrible. But Hasanamba, who is goddess to all men and forgives every penitent, appeared to Kafur in a dream and suggested he build a temple to her as penitence.
A Weekend In Old San Juan
An acceptance by each of their lot, and an easy adjustment to life, all go to make Puerto Ricans, some surveys say, among happiest people on the planet.