The Wedding
‘Some lipstick. There. You ought to look right.’ ‘But I’m just an observer for the night. The guest of a guest, so what’s the point?’ Now the uncle intervened, forces joint. ‘Look at your aunt at her...
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Naini Tal
The doorway to the guest house stayed dark and empty. A crow hopped awkwardly along the sloping roof, its feet scratching on the red corrugated iron. It gave a slow, drawn out caw like the creaking...
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Being a eunuch at Akber’s court
It all started fairly well for me that day: Akber praised me for my loyalty, my quiet step; he was tired from audiences with nobles. The sun dropped quickly over Fatehpur Sikri, its...
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Fire-Sang Cycle
Shetland and Rajastan Da first notes A göd paet bank is een A göd hoose has wi deep moor, a third paet aroond da door, plenty blue at da...
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Aa but carbon neutral
Jaipur 2009 A man sits at his table i da street, lifts a haevy iron fae a sunbaked tile. Lasses crubbit in a rickshaa, der saris eclipse da bougainvillea. I da haert o a roondaboot, twartree tents;...
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From the Ganga to the Tay
It is a pleasure, not to mention a challenging and rewarding experience, to immerse oneself in this epic poem of discovery over and over again, fishing out a new catch every time. From the Ganga to...
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