Autobiography
Life narratives
Don’t Stop the Dance
On the 20th May 2025 I published my last post ‘Real an Unreal’, from Rishikesh in Uttarakhand northern India where I had spent the previous several weeks. Then I returned to the UK where I have been since, negotiating a…
Real and Unreal
“Blue girl spin away your dreams – A dance in fields of dream; Cool water splashed upon your wrist A golden ring of memory and future things; Your heart a yearning crucible of possibles and maybe soon … Perhaps indeed…
Protected: Reviving Old Desires
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Protected: Symbols of Transformation
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Protected: A Work in Progress
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The Power of Pilgrimage
“No man is rich enough to buy back his past”. This quote, attributed to Oscar Wilde, is one of several aphorisms adorning the wall of my dental clinic here in Kochi. The poignant truth of it is undeniable. As with…
Protected: In the Shadow
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Protected: Changing Times
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Sadhu Free Zone. Moving On
From the heart of Fort Kochi in Kerala whence I arrived just a month ago, I am now ensconced in a small apartment in a largely Muslim residential part of town, which, being surrounded by mosques, offers ample exposure to…
Going Full Sadhu
What do I mean by ‘going full sadhu’? I have sometimes made the point that, especially during the height of the Pilgrimage years. I styled myself more upon the concept of a sadhu, the wandering spiritual seeker espousing the life…
