Letters from India 3: Finding My Home From Home
These letters are also from my second trip (see Letters from India 2) to India. The first three are written from Rishikesh, a place that became very special to me. …
Letters from India 2: Calcutta, Puri and Rajasthan.
I found more letters from my second trip than for any of my other travels to India. There are two interconnected reasons for this. I was travelling for over 18 …
Letters From India: My First Trip.
When we were clearing out my parent’s house, I found the few aerograms that I had written over a number of trips to India in my Dad’s office. I have …
Reflection on Buddha’s Head
Introduction On our back deck we have a pot in the shape of a Buddha’s head in which we grow some ornamental grasses. We had a very good friend staying …
Journeys to Exotic Places
Introduction I have just returned from a fascinating trip to Cambodia and Thailand. This trip was very different to my travels to India when I was in my early twenties. …
Clothing India
This post is inspired by the excellent exhibition The Offbeat Sari at the Design Museum in London. When we think of the sari, we tend to think of it as …
Sightseeing/Sight and Seeing
I was recently in London. I have been asked to write a short piece on the permanent exhibition ‘Understanding Hinduism’ at the Swaminarayan Temple for the Religion Collection and Heritage …