What grows best in heat: cane-sugar; the coconut palm; certain millets such as bajra, ragi and jowar; linseed, and (given water) tea and rice. Our hot land is also the world's second largest producer of cotton--at least, it was when I learned geography under the mad eye of Mr Emil Zagallo, and the steelier gaze of a framed Spanish conquistador. But ( Read more... )

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Hello.

My last entry was sad. I do not remember where I was, emotionally, when I wrote that.

In general, however, I am much happier than I ever have been when considering the tumult that was my life when this journal was a part of it. I had to take major steps backward but I am ever so much ( Read more... )

Hello.

Night over France, and a giant shadow, a monstrous backdrop, is forming itself in the sky as the 747 approaches 17,000 feet, climbing to cruising altitude. The camera moves in on an airmail parcel bearing a Georgetown address, in which a Toshiba cassette player has been packed. The device will be activated as the opening piano notes to the song " ( Read more... )

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