Tuen Ng Festival -The Dragon Boat Festivities

2021...A subdued & shadowy celebration. This year again the races have been cancelled due to Covid. Sharing and savoring my 2012 Dragon Boat festival experience at Tai Po, Hong Kong. I can hear the waters calling the boats. It is the time of the year, again, when Hong Kong pulsates to the beat of drums and… Continue reading Tuen Ng Festival -The Dragon Boat Festivities

Train Journeys- Past and Present

The Prayagraj: The familiar bleak friable landscape interspersed with algae ponds, cattle and livestock in different stages of thinness grazing on non-existent grass, the sparsely cultivated fields, thatched huts, semi naked children chasing mangy dogs, men huddled on charpoys or walking listlessly with the familiar 'lota' (metal mug) for their morning ablutions, women, head covered, engrossed in washing,… Continue reading Train Journeys- Past and Present

The Dragon Wagged Its Tail…Hong Kong-Beijing-Shanghai Express Train Journey…

Beijing train station TRAIN JOURNIES REVISITED.... Train journeys, whether in home country or across continents, is a sure way of stepping on stones and warts. I am no stranger to train travel, short or lengthy, reveling in the feeling of searing across open land or tearing through crowded cities. But few have been flabbergasters as… Continue reading The Dragon Wagged Its Tail…Hong Kong-Beijing-Shanghai Express Train Journey…