The Khmer Rouge exploded on Cambodian culture like a nuclear bomb. Twenty years of freedom from France had created a bohemian pearl on the Mekong river. Film, music, art, all thrived under the mercurial playboy, Prince Norodom Sihanouk – nurturing them slowly back to life after a hundred years of French imperialism.… Read More

Independence Day in Delhi was celebrated with kites, cakes, and sandbag gun emplacements.  While the cakes were decent, I wanted the hell out.… Read More

‘What’s the cheapest room you have?’

‘Well…we have some rooms in the back that are mostly used by Afganhi war refugees, but you probably wouldn’t wan…’

‘I’ll take it.’… Read More

T-H-I-R-U-V-A-N-A-N-T-H……

Sir?
Sir?
What do I do when I’ve run out of boxes?
No, boxes. For letters. On this form you gave me.
I have no more boxes, and still like half the…nevermind.
I’ll just say I’m going to Trivandrum.… Read More