A new world
On a gondola with Lynn (far left), Jim and Jean. Lynn and Jean had never been to Europe before this summer. Britain, France, Italy. A whole new world opened to…
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August 20, 2012
Magnificent and unexpected
Piazza San Marco. I continue in this post my journey through Italy. Too quick, too hurried, but fascinating all the same. (I dream of the day when I am not…
August 17, 2012
Goldless again
Used to be the Olympics mirrored the Cold War – a head-to-head battle for medals between the United States and The Soviet Union. Now, it’s between the USA and…
August 14, 2012
Shonakaka
Shonakaka with me, (from right), my cousin Jayanta, my brother, Shantanu, my cousins Sudip and Suman at our grandfather's house in Kolkata. Circa, 1968. The last time I saw Shonakaka, I knew…
August 8, 2012
Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou? At the arena in Verona, of course
The Arena in Verona's Piazza Bra I’d been up for many, many hours – too many to count, I think, after a day of work at CNN, a trans-Atlantic flight…
July 26, 2012
Some like it hot
Hot. Hotter. And hottest. First it was 103. Then 106. Today, 104. Wednesday's forecast of a high of 93 looks absolutely delightful. The extreme heat gripping Atlanta and other cities…
July 1, 2012
Team Tymoshenko
It seems that in every football pool, I pick near the bottom of the first round. Funny how that works, eh? The big guns were all beyond my grasp…
June 8, 2012
A master of words; a man of integrity
On that afternoon, I didn’t know what to expect inside Room No. 34. I’d seen Ron several days before, at Piedmont Hospital. I hadn’t even fully stepped into his room…
June 5, 2012
Of kings, queens and heroes
The earliest versions of chess originated in ancient India but it wasn't until Viswanathan Anand did my homeland claim its first grandmaster. The 42-year-old just won another world championship this week…
May 31, 2012
A voice in Vietnam
Ho Thi Bich Khuong.Born: 1967Activity: WriterDate of arrest: November 15, 2011Sentence: Sentenced December 29, 2011 to 5 years imprisonment followed by 3 years house arrestCharge: Propaganda against the socialist stateCurrent location:…
May 29, 2012