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Travels in Serendip: A short Photo Essay

June 16, 2018 • Leave a Comment

My first visit to Sri Lanka involved a road trip that started at 2AM in Colombo, and continued for 9 days along a route that took in historic Dambulla in the north, the old capital Kandy, the tea growing regions around Newara Eliya, the southern coast and the beaches between colonial Galle and Bentota and finally, a short stay in Colombo itself whe...

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Lucknow: Historical Stroll

June 11, 2018 • Leave a Comment

I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert.... Near them, on the sand, Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that...

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Georgetown

November 14, 2017 • 1 Comment

Georgetown is a tribute to the English (for putting it on the map), to the Chinese (for making it what it was), to the Tamils (for adding diversity) and to the Malays (for making it what it is). In the twenty-first century it stands out not so much for being the crowning jewel of a tourist area, but for being a rich and complex cultural enclave in...

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Cambodia Revisited

September 12, 2017 • 1 Comment

One of the nice things about revisiting a location you have particularly enjoyed in the past is that you tend to look forward to a great many activities and places without worrying about the tedium of doing it all over again. But sometimes inevitable change, however small, comes in the way of your historical perspective, impacting it in ways that y...

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