Tag Archives: India

The greatest show on earth

Posted on April 17, 2015 by subincontinentia

Amelia Earhart once said, ‘You haven’t seen a tree until you’ve seen its shadow from the sky.’ Well, I think it must also be true that you haven’t seen a lunar eclipse until you’ve seen it in Varanasi. Here, where … Continue reading →

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Style

Posted on April 4, 2015 by subincontinentia

When I first met Rakesh he was the youngest boatman working on the Ganges. Ten years old, shy and very quiet. He’s now fifteen, and very much his own man. He dropped out of school because “the teacher was bad” … Continue reading →

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Just now

Posted on December 5, 2014 by subincontinentia

‘Duration only means delay whenever it exceeds the span necessary for realization.’ Count Hermann Keyserling, traveler and philosopher It’s a long bone- battering bus ride from Dharamsala to Delhi. My seatmate began to chat from the moment I cranked up … Continue reading →

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The unforgettable Mr Sharif

Posted on April 12, 2014 by subincontinentia

I boasted among men that I had known you. They see your pictures in all works of mine… I put my tales of you into lingering songs. The secret gushes from my heart. Rabindranath Tagore Mr. Sharif parted the crowds … Continue reading →

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Song of the Kerala fishermen

Posted on December 3, 2013 by subincontinentia

I hunkered down on the beach trying to photograph the neon yellow crabs scuttling around in the surf. The crabs had this amusing habit of stopping dead in their tracks, eyes literally popping out of their heads, whenever I moved … Continue reading →

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Dressing the Ganga

Posted on November 26, 2013 by subincontinentia

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The Shadows of War

Posted on November 21, 2013 by subincontinentia

Kicking a stretch of dusty road Neck ablaze in the Tamil sun Bush leaves sieving luminosity Carelessly, I passed. Under every modest shadow, A million beings huddling Strangers forced to share a raft Carelessly, I passed. And as I did, … Continue reading →

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Gongylus Gongylodes!

Posted on November 17, 2013 by subincontinentia

Yes, it’s real. I had the honour of witnessing this wondrous Jabberwocky of a creature in the Auroville forest, Tamilnadu. It’s Latin name is Gongylus Gongylodes, otherwise known as a Dead Leaf Mantis or (rather poetically) the Wandering Violin Mantis. … Continue reading →

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Cloudburst – drenched in euphemism

Posted on August 23, 2013 by subincontinentia

The retired Major lifted his scotch to his moustache with a sober pause. It was July 2013, just a few weeks after the terrible floods in Uttarakhand; the worse national disaster India had endured since the 2004 Tsunami, and the subject … Continue reading →

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Wrestling Oysters

Posted on June 12, 2013 by subincontinentia

It began with a hearing glitch. “Are you resting on those stairs?” Siddhartha had come over for lunch that day. Had been winded by the time he’d reached my door. He was referring to the four flights of concrete steps … Continue reading →

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