Ethereal Dream or Nightmare
A love letter in ivory marble draws up to eight million visitors each year, and described as a "teardrop on the face of eternity." What is it that lures tourists in such numbers to crawl over a beautiful extravagance, that is essentially a useless monument. The Taj Mahal in Agra can only mean one thing…
It’s Just Not Cricket
Seriously, I felt if I don’t leave Australia soon I may never go again. India was made easier by my friend Mahin, finding room at his house in Fort Kochi in the southern province of Kerala. ‘Kochi is your home, you come and go from here,’ welcomed Mahin. ‘Mind, Fort Kochi is beautiful you will…
Vegetarian’s Foe
We gather outside Traitors Gates. Sombre grey clouds gather overhead. The voice, beautifully modulated, stentorian, and unmistakably British fills the courtyard. “I am the natural enemy of vegetarian’s.”