29 June 2017 A Kink In China’s New Silk Road ‘One Belt, One Road’ bypasses India. By Neil Tidmarsh Consider these three apparently unconnected stories in the news this week: Two Chinese teachers were recently kidnapped in Pakistan by Isis. The security services tracked them to a network of tunnels near the border with Afghanistan,… Continue reading Issue 111:2017 06 29:A Kink In China’s New Silk Road(Neil Tidmarsh)
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Issue 98: 2017 03 30: Going With The Flow (Chin Chin)
30 March 2017 Going With The Flow Dealing with rivers. By Chin Chin And about time too, if I may say so. At long last the principle that a river is a person is beginning to be officially recognised. The Whanganui River in New Zealand has been made a person by Act of Parliament so… Continue reading Issue 98: 2017 03 30: Going With The Flow (Chin Chin)
Issue 85: 2016 12 22: Book Review, The Peacock Spring by Rumer Godden (William Morton)
22 December 2016 The Peacock Spring by Rumer Godden Reviewed by William Morton I have been reading a lot of Henry James this year and have been struck by his work but the Peacock Spring is by a lesser- known author, who lived in India as a child and for some years as an adult.… Continue reading Issue 85: 2016 12 22: Book Review, The Peacock Spring by Rumer Godden (William Morton)
Issue 50: 2016 04 21: Indian Thoughts (William Morton)
21 April 2016 Indian Thoughts The new still making good use of the old. by William Morton Something that strikes one when visiting India is the extent of the real estate and infrastructure the new State of India inherited from the British when it gained independence. Ranging from railways and canals to barracks and court… Continue reading Issue 50: 2016 04 21: Indian Thoughts (William Morton)
