Born Spectator

"हिमगिरी के उत्तुंग शिखर पर, बैठ शिला की शीतल छाँव; एक पुरुष भीगे नयनों से, देख रहा था प्रलय प्रवाह..."

Sunday, June 16, 2024

Masai Mara

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The sun rises over the Mara. The vast landscape gets bathed in yellow and appears to stir softly, like a gargantuan beast languidly waking u...
Sunday, June 09, 2024

Vienna: Take Two

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About 30 planes descend into Vienna every hour. Each of these metal birds cruises through the air, seemingly by magic, carrying human lives ...
Friday, September 08, 2023

Jerusalem

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Jis wajah se fasaad hote hain, uska koi ataa-pataa hi nahin (The reasons for strife, they are nowhere to be found) — Krishn Bihari ‘Noor’, 1...
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Monday, September 04, 2023

Jordan

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Then the Lord said to him, “This is the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants...
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Sunday, April 30, 2023

Perspective

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About 200 km northwest of Las Vegas lies the Death Valley, the hottest place on earth. About 75 km northeast of the city lies the Valley of ...
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Saturday, April 29, 2023

Vegas

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The protagonist Uttering the words Las Vegas in any conversation usually evokes a smile. A smile not of the innocuous variety, the type that...
Thursday, September 09, 2021

Thirty-Seven

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As a number, 37 is rather coarse and inelegant. Perhaps the only reputation a number like 37 may hold is that of being a prime number. The t...
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Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Dichotomies

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07:00 The boats have returned to the shores of the Arabian Sea and are pulled up far back on the beach, far enough to keep them dry even whe...
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Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Dusting the past

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“Did you know that cleanliness is next to godliness?” it asked him, hoping to strike a conversation. It knew that the task ahead was arduo...
Sunday, April 05, 2020

The tempo

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“Hey, you got a minute?” she called out to him. Her voice seemed raspy from days of non-stop counting, as if they were spent measuring eac...
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