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Of Balkan Bikes and Civilised Cities | Andrew Duff
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Press for ‘Sikkim’. Catastrophes, Iron Curtains, and Currencies →. August 29, 2014 · 9:51 pm. Of Balkan Bikes and Civilised Cities. My short trip across Europe by train has already taken me through Greece, Bulgaria and Romania. Tomorrow will be Hungary then Austria, Germany and France and onto London. (For those with an interest in these things, I chose the convoluted third option suggested by that nice man in Seat 61. A brief look at the map. Bizarrely, this was the third time in a week that I’d heard a...
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India’s old moderns keep the art auctions buoyant | Riding the Elephant
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From vultures in Delhi, to coups in Pakistan, a journalist’s un-edited take on current events. About me and my book ‘IMPLOSION: India’s Tryst with Reality’. Posted by: John Elliott. June 12, 2015. India’s old moderns keep the art auctions buoyant. Auction houses need to find something special to galvanise the hesitant Indian modern art market and make their sales a success, and that is what both Christie’s and Bonhams have succeeded in doing at their annual June sales in London this week. Also running at...
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Delhi and London: learning to share the streets | Andrew Duff
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Press for ‘Sikkim’. India through its railways. Echoes of Empire →. June 20, 2013 · 8:40 am. Delhi and London: learning to share the streets. The Indian Quarterly is an excellent new magazine published by Madhu Jain. I contributed an article for the third edition, out now – available below. DELHI’S FUTURE: SHARING THE STREETS? But genuine transformation will only come from radical thinking and openness to ideas from around the world. Perhaps the wisdom of the Manasara Shilpa Shastra will once again i...
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India ’08-’09 | Andrew Duff
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Press for ‘Sikkim’. Category Archives: India ’08-’09. May 17, 2009 · 10:56 am. 8220;Literary lessons” a meeting with Professor Puroshottama Lal. There is one more encounter that I want to write about before I leave South Asia. It took place in Calcutta in late March. One of the things that I have been enjoying while travelling is making fresh, interesting connections. One of these led me to an email correspondence with John Keay, the author of many books including a highly-acclaimed History of India.
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Obituary: Martha Steedman | Andrew Duff
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Press for ‘Sikkim’. Catastrophes, Iron Curtains, and Currencies. Sikkim: Requiem for a Himalayan Kingdom →. March 24, 2015 · 10:05 pm. It was on a cold February morning in 2010 that I first knocked on the door of Martha Steedman’s beautiful Fife home. A tall, impeccably dressed woman opened the door and ushered me in. It felt like we’d known each other for years. In 2014, Martha was diagnosed with cancer. If I have one regret, it is that Martha will not be able to see the launch of. One word that I inclu...
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Australia and NZ ’09 | Andrew Duff
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Press for ‘Sikkim’. Category Archives: Australia and NZ ’09. November 11, 2009 · 5:26 am. The hitch-hikers’ guide to whitebaiting and thermal pools. A chance encounter with a hitch-hiker leads to a true dose of Kiwiana… [go to http:/ luddo.com. For version with pictures]. The hitch-hiker’s jaunty thumb loomed out of the gathering gloom and drizzle of a spring evening as I drove into the small west coast New Zealand town of Haast. My ears pricked up. Whitebaiting? I had been told by more than one person t...
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North India | Andrew Duff
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Press for ‘Sikkim’. Category Archives: North India. May 17, 2009 · 10:56 am. 8220;Literary lessons” a meeting with Professor Puroshottama Lal. There is one more encounter that I want to write about before I leave South Asia. It took place in Calcutta in late March. One of the things that I have been enjoying while travelling is making fresh, interesting connections. One of these led me to an email correspondence with John Keay, the author of many books including a highly-acclaimed History of India. Lal i...
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South East Asia ’09 | Andrew Duff
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Press for ‘Sikkim’. Category Archives: South East Asia ’09. October 15, 2009 · 10:07 pm. Note to self: remember to breathe. It sometimes feels like this journey’s been all about learning to breathe again – from yoga in India to Tai Chi in China via the mind-focusing thin air of Everest Base Camp, and on to free- and scuba-diving and of course Vipassana meditation. As Australian author Tim Winton wrote in his uber-cool 2008 surfing novel Breath. Going deep down under. My arrival in the land Down Under her...
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South India | Andrew Duff
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Press for ‘Sikkim’. Category Archives: South India. February 14, 2009 · 6:29 am. A Yogi’s Tale (an Ashram story in 3 parts). Part 3 Soul. Click here for Part 1. Click here for Part 2. Ashrams, by their nature, attract people on a search for something. As the Swami frequently delighted in pointing out you all decided to come here for a reason . I wasn’t really sure what my reason was (doing it for a laugh didn’t really cut the mustard), so I resolved to retain an open mind for the four weeks. On one parti...
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