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Comfortably Numb

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Photo Feature: Eating Chinese food in China

All photos by Sheila Kumar. All images are subject to copyright. Bouza. They made for a great breakfast and kept one going through the day. Jianbing. A fried egg crepe with all kinds of delicious fillings, veg and non-veg. We were gorging on these in the mornings when not scarfing down bouzas. Platter at an eatery…

Photo Feature: China Chronicles

All pictures by SHEILA KUMAR except where otherwise mentioned. All images are subject to copyright. …

Photo Feature: Signs in China: Lost in translation?

All pictures by SHEILA KUMAR except where otherwise mentioned. All images are subject to copyright. Ran Over, it says on the vehicle up front.They have a sense of humour, these Beijingers. This polite but stern warning in our Shanghai hotel room caused much bemusement, amusement…and the immediate urge to follow a stranger! Delighted to…

Books: The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley

Threadbare, old and worn, yet priceless. This review is as much personal as professional. This falling-to-bits but very very precious copy of Charles Kingsley`s THE WATER BABIES, belonged to the name on the flyleaf shown in one of…

Photo Feature: Paths…

Paths….. All photos by Sheila Kumar. All images are subject to copyright. These are tracks, bridle paths and trails I took on a recent holiday in the Kumaon foothills. We each are on a journey Each journey has a path As we travel to our futures We…

Photo Feature: A Nilgiris montage

The Nilgiris: a deeply personal montage All pictures by SHEILA KUMAR except where otherwise mentioned. All images are subject to copyright. …

Photo Feature: Cats of Turkey

Cats of Turkiye, a pictorial representation All pics by Sheila Kumar. All images subject to copyright. A short note on Istanbulli felines: Locals call Istanbul Catstanbul at times; many hundreds of felines — 1,25,000 at last count — roam the streets in complete and confident freedom and have…

Photo Feature: A Ladakh journey

Ladakh by road: 2013 All photographs…