There are many accounts that tell us that Greek and Indian cultures have influenced each other, be it the mythological beliefs, worship of many Gods, or superstitions; there are many similarities between the two cultures. Both Hindi and Greek languages have their...
I recently quit my full time job to follow my lifelong passion of becoming a writer. I was scared of waking up one day and realizing that I had turned 70 and completely ignored what could have been another road to take. I heard this voice inside me that said, “It’s...
NOBODY DOES THE RIGHT THING and A FOREIGNER CARRYING IN THE CROOK OF HIS ARM A TINY BOMB by Amitava Kumar. Duke University Press. Paperback. 200 pages/232 pages. $21.95each. I met Amitava Kumar for the first time when he was doing a reading from his book, Husband of a...
The first time I visited Goa I was barely 21. And no, unlike the cool guys from Dil Chahta Hai, I didn’t show up with my friends for an indulgent weekend. I was there with my parents, brother, sister-in-law, aunt, uncle, cousins, and my sister-in-law’s family. The...
April 2010 was an interesting month. I was at a writer’s retreat in Ireland, a country I knew a lot about from a touristy and literary point of view, but not much from a historical standpoint. I was aware that Ireland shared the same colonial father with...
