A PLACE FOR SIDEWAYS TRAINS OF THOUGHT
Dear Sir, It is with great agony that I wish to bring to your kind notice the callousness shown by some employee of your deptt. What a way to begin a complaint! It certainly grabs my attention. This is a letter on the Indian Consumers Complaint Forum addressed to the passport office in Jaipur. And... Continue Reading →
(Listen to the poem here) Swaying in his walking mother’s arms The two-year old is studiously Extracting strands of moonlight From her long and precious hair. Phillip Hill 2017
This is something which I picked up in India once while interpreting for a rather unpleasant group of people. Luckily we had a very cheerful driver whose mood remained bright and sunny despite the black clouds which continued to settle inside his car. I can't remember his name, but I have come to think of... Continue Reading →
If you are interested in language and languages you might like to see the film "The Linguists". The film, presented as "a very foreign language film", is about David Harrison and Gregory Anderson, two researchers who travel the world to document vanishing languages. Most of the action takes place in Siberia, India and Bolivia and... Continue Reading →
Recently, I came across an Indian astrology website. It was not something to get involved with unless one was willing to make an effort. Here, for example, are some of the things you needed to do to make sure the future turned out right. To ward off evil impact of malefic planets for smoothing your life perform... Continue Reading →