The Amarnath Expedition As the evening of life sets in, one must periodically clear out the clutter — discard the nonessentials, as it were. On one such mission of ruthless condemnation, I found [...]
In High Places Yet another memory—over half a century old—resurrected from an unassuming negative film roll. A rare experience, indeed! The first and last opportunity for a Pongo (Poor Bloody [...]
A Temple in the Land of Konyaks Back in 1980, I found myself thrust into the world of staff duties at a charming hill station in Nagaland called Chakabama. My first staff posting — ah, the joy! A [...]
On the Wings of Fancy Over half a century may have passed, but I can still feel the burn in my calves from that final, brutal ascent—four days of slugging through leech-infested, [...]