A 70-Year Journey Through Passports
We all have our own journeys. We navigate the world through our unique lens of experiences.
My father navigated his by being a traveler. The best times of his life were when he was on a flight to a city
The Journey
The beginning was difficult-I was in a traffic jam going to the airport! Would I get to the check-in in time? I began to get agitated and restless, and the clouds which had been threatening all the way, began to
The Lost Innocence Of The Nagas
My posting, after being commissioned in to the Corps of Engineers of the Indian Army in 1967 following the Young Officers’ course, was to Nagaland.
The Nagas agreed to join the Indian Union in 1947 on the basis of
Gin-and-Ice, No Lime
Ever tried drinking gin by itself, no lime or tonic? If you haven’t, don’t. It’s sheer hell. Burns the gullet on the way down, then on the way up, and makes you a confirmed hater of men in general and
Gold Rush
There had never been such excitement in the house. It was a hard-working and unforgiving life on this small Humberside farm with everyone over the age of five expected to contribute. It was clear as the children grew up that
The Macready Mystery
Throughout my mother’s life, she believed implicitly that she was a descendant of William Charles Macready (1793-1873), the great Shakespearian actor I was brought up in a house full of memorabilia, including copies of the Macready Diaries.
After my mother’s
Crocodiles and Education
When I look back on my life I begin to wonder if I have achieved anything of consequence. To my sorrow I had borne no children but I had enjoyed a very fulfilling life in other ways, particularly in the
1984: Thirty-Two Years Later
The passage of time has lent a surreal hue to the ghastly spine-chilling memories of 1984.
Those who survived to tell the tale, wonder if that blood-curling violence truly played out. Or is it just a recurring nightmare?
The scars
Life with my Grandparents
I was very lucky to be loved and cared for by my grandparents for a very long span of my life.
My paternal grandfather died at the age of ninety two in 1980. My grandmother passed away three years later.