Balaka
It's done.The flat in the building called Balaka (which means swan in Bengali) at 68 B Ballygunj Circular Road is no longer my home. After nine-and-a half years of caring…
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October 27, 2010
Coming home
The taxi refused to take the Eastern Bypass -- too dangerous in the wee hours of the morning before the sun comes up and lights up the despair of Kolkata.…
October 25, 2010
Evita
She was a bastard child whose rags to riches story enthralled the entire world. At the tender age of 15, Eva Duarte moved to Buenos Aires to make a name…
October 22, 2010
San Telmo
It's spring in Argentina and on the streets, jacaranda trees were about to burst into full purple splendor. colonial buildings. We rented a flat for a week in San Telmo,…
October 17, 2010