Accidental Expat
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The mood is right, the spirit’s up. We’re here tonight, and that’s enough. Simply having a wonderful Christmas time.” – Paul McCartney, “Wonderful Christmas Time” Unionville Christmas Lights: Once a historic village (early 1840s through the middle – late 20th century) and now a bustling touristy hotspot of Toronto suburbs. Whenever in Toronto we made… Read more
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November 2021: The ‘Fresh Of The Boat’ feeling as we board Air India direct flight to Toronto after a two year Covid intermission. We have been visiting Canada since 2012 but this trip was special, coming as it did after deliberating the risks, even with being double vaccinated and fulfilling ArriveCan regulations. Checked and ticked:… Read more
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Travel Writing to Short Stories is not a giant leap but a continuation of ‘imaginative re-creation of that lived experience‘. In my travelogues I have endeavoured to accommodate “the private dairy, the essay, the short story, the prose poem, the rough note and polished table talk with indiscriminate hospitality. It freely mixes narrative and discursive writing”.… Read more
