Book Extract: Under The Rain Tree ISBN: 9788122309812 Author: Vatsala Balachandran Warrier Publisher: Cedar books (www.pustakmahal.com) Basic Instinct It was the day of the rally. The vast sands of the Marina Beach in Chennai were packed with a seething mass of humanity. Overhead, the sun blazed in all its fury, baking the sand red-hot. Dust […]
Portrait of a Hanson Fan
“Funny how life gets in the way of your Hanson web site. When I was 20, it was the other way around. This is why, my friends, you should never write dolorous farewell notes or burn your internet bridges. Years will pass. The dust will gather. And you will wake up one morning with a […]
SAILING TO CABO SAN LUCAS: PART 2
11-18-07 Sailing To Cabo San Lucas. Part 2 A Questionable Anchorage At Isla Cedros. Also see my article sailing To Cabo San Lucas Part 1. While dinner was being fixed, I stayed out in the cockpit to make certain we weren’t dragging our anchors. The stronger gusts would roll down the cliffs and push the […]
The Importance of Holiday Famly Traditions
No matter what age we are, traditions of holidays past and present give us something all to enjoy and look forward to. Every family has its own favorite holiday rituals, from simple things like making specific cookie recipes and hanging decorations from Christmases of the past, to having elaborate family reunions. If you have young […]
At One With Dual Devotion
The altar in Becca Topol’s living room carries a statue of Buddha and a garden stone painted with the Hebrew word for peace, shalom. In April she celebrated Passover with a "Zen Seder" feast that opened with a modified Haggada narrative comparing Israel‘s exodus from Egypt to Buddha’s liberation from suffering. "I’m a Jewish Buddhist […]
Laçiner: “Turkey’s EU accession is first of all an ethical issue”
I was in Istanbul on holiday, so I wasn’t prepared for an interview. But when Aykan, a friend from Ankara, proposed me to meet Ömer Laçiner, it would have been a crime to refuse. Laçiner is a writer, an editor, but first of all a socialist. One of those who had to live several years […]