Hong Kong
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‘…. travel is, deep down, about the real confirmation of very unreal dreams (PICO IYER…’CAN A TRIP EVER BE AUTHENTIC’) 2000-2008…a period of hibernation, of re-locations from Muscat to New Delhi to Gurgaon, Haryana. Property boom and strong industrial base had transformed Gurgaon, a sleepy village with affiliations to Mahabharata (one of the religious tomes of India),… Read more
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Hong Kong is forever in a flux; in a constant need to replenish and re-engage its outer casings. The latest, I visited it few days back, is the perky changeover of the former airport Kai Tak *and its surroundings. The runaway has been converted into a cruise terminal and the three levels no-trims attached building features passenger… Read more
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The preoccupied vanilla looks, smooth and frosty, encountered on streets, public transport and housing and shopping complexes replaced by unsure and jittery, shaking numbered bamboo sticks in a bamboo cylinder. The intensity of their faith is relayed on to me and I to shuffle the sticks hoping to steer my fortune or future along a virtuous path. ‘… Read more
Journies of change 