Those steamy, smoky
and sooty days
Sometimes I sit back and think of some of those jolly train
rides in the Indian railways. I have always liked them, and even though I could
opine like most others that it is desirable that those trains be cleaner,
punctual and efficient, they still cast a spell on…
Riding the Back Beauty
Those steamy, smoky
and sooty days
Sometimes I sit back and think of some of those jolly train
rides in the Indian railways. I have always liked them, and even though I could
opine like most others that it is desirable that those trains be cleaner,
punctual and efficient, they still cast a spell on…
George Harrison and
the sitar, the Beatles
Beatles remain a favorite of mine and I have always liked
the perky number Norwegian Wood. The opening chords stayed stuck in my memory
and the other day I was wondering about how this instrument got used for the
song, assuming naturally that it followed f…
At the turn of the twentieth century, the Pardesi and the Malabari
Jews around Cochin were a reasonably content lot. But as days went by and as
the only country which never persecuted the Jews, became independent from the
British, the entire Jewish community of the region started to leave on their…
Allen Lane, Pelican, Penguin and Krishna Menon
Was Allen Lane responsible for the animosity Krishna Menon
had against Britain and for that matter against other Western countries? What exactly was their relationship and for
that matter the exact involvement of Menon with the paperback empire of All…
