The historic streets adjacent to the University of Arizona in Tucson are famed for their oddity shops and restaurants that sell unusual art and bold the house-made seitan on the menu. It’s only...
The other day, I came across a very interesting document - an account of Swami Vivekananda’s visit to Thiruvananthapuram in December 1892. It was written by K Sundarama Iyer, a senior officer in...
When I was younger I would ask people the following question: If you could be immortal and all you had to do was chop off the head of the person you most love, would you do it? Most people would look...
I. Guards, sentries, guides, they stalk the halls like silent wraiths clad in their dead blue blazers and knee length skirts. To speak to them is to encounter monotony made woman: instructions...
A few months ago I was standing in line at the post office talking to someone on the cell and every now and then I used an Urdu word. Sometimes when I speak Urdu, I say an English word with a FOB...
This is where this particular story starts: I was listening to my iPod, and I had set it to shuffle. I don’t necessarily like the shuffle function. I resort to it. Some folks enjoy the surprise of...
Las Vegas only makes an impression if you don’t look past the illusion. Peek beyond the veil that the corporations have cast and its nothing more than a series of asphalt lanes and bus routes. For...
