Interview with Vikram Seth, published in Atlantic Unbound
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An Equal Music
Review of An Equal Music, by Vikram Seth, published in Salon.com
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Onion Logic
The waiter refused to give me my onions; it took a while before I realized this was evidence of a national crisis. A report from Kuilapalayam, published in Atlantic Unbound
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The Tiger Queen
She claimed she was a princess, but she seemed more like a defanged tiger, in Rajasthan. Published in Atlantic Unbound
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The Hills of Sighisoara
Far from home and lonely, I befriend a drunken cuckold in Sighisoara, Romania. Published in Atlantic Unbound
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Poor but Prosperous
A report from the state of Kerala, published in The Atlantic Monthly
In Trivandrum, the mellow state capital, which spreads over seven hills, I paid a visit to C. P. Narayan, a prominent member of Kerala’s largest Communist party. His office was opposite the party headquarters, a hideous slab of concrete, like something out of Nicolae Ceausescu’s Bucharest.
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A Long Way From Home
A bomb threat puts me in unexpectedly close–and ultimately uncomfortable–proximity to a Pakistani tourist in Istanbul. Published in Atlantic Unbound
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The Courts of Pondicherry
I lose to a fat bald man in a tennis tournament on a miserable hot day, in Pondicherry. Published in Atlantic Unbound
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Chatwin
Review of Anatomy of Restlessness, by Bruce Chatwin, The Harvard Advocate
I used to think I envied the life Chatwin had lived. On days when the world was heavy and difficult, I imagined a life free from the stifling demands of location. Familiarity breeds contempt; freedom is never to know, nor to be known by, place. Now I know I only envied the life I thought he lived. Chatwin’s was an all-too-common tale of unsatiated desire and escapism.
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