The Last Bastion

“We are losing the culture of the middle east — thousands of years of culture is being lost. And this culture is not mine, it is important for the world.”

People expressed concern when I said I was venturing off to Iran. I had all kinds of interesting reactions to my…

Lepcha Museum, Kalimpong

“Just as the stars cannot fall to earth, the Lepcha people cannot disappear.”

The layer of beauty

“Iran has a thin skin of beauty but underneath is disaster.”

To write about Iran is a paradox. There are two sides to this story — the grim and the beautiful. It is true, it is a place of great beauty with a history that expands your sense of time. You can wander the…

A Georgian fling

Where Orthodox is God, and Capitalism is King.

Kishna & Babaori

Udaipur, India

“Clean up your own mess”

There’s a desolate set of buildings as you travel along State Highway 4 in the centre of the North Island, New…