Indian Sub-Continent Encounters

I put little to no planning into these rural bus journeys. You got on if you could, hung on if you could, and fell off… Read More »THE ROADS LESS TRAVELLED: PART 2 (2000)

I had reached Madras, and travels in the sub-Continent had so far been largely by bus and by boat. I was determined to change that,… Read More »5 MILES SHORT: INDIAN RAILWAYS (1981)

The India I had read about in novels stretched well beyond its current borders. I learned of a country that was referenced to include places… Read More »CROSSING BORDERS (1981)

Returning to Rawalpindi after a day of tedious administrative duties in Islamabad, I was planning a quiet night.  I had a 5am departure to Peshawar… Read More »AN EVENING WITH QAZI (1981)

Raised in a parochial environment, where bomb sites, economic austerity, and disintegrating industries were omnipresent; low working-class aspiration prevailed on my happy childhood. The early… Read More » HIGHWAY 35 FIRST-VISITED (1981)