Monthly Archives: July 2018

The News Minute, July 6, 2018: Terracotta handicrafts and vessels, bamboo trinkets, organic grains, herbs and pulses up for sale. Children running around playing with natural stick and wheel toys made using Palmyra palm leaves. An array of fresh and … Continue reading →

Good fantasy fiction – rather simply fantasy fiction – is defined not by a freewheeling re-imagination of reality but one that is re-imagined as much as contained in a self-consistent, coherent and substantive framework that is logical, cultural, political, aesthetic … Continue reading →

I’ve been in Delhi for three days, and for the last two of which I’ve been house-hunting and then buried in office work. While I was trawling through dozens of Facebook posts and items on Magicbricks and 99acres looking for … Continue reading →

I’ve made two mistakes – both concerning Orson Scott Card’s quadrology and both nominal – in today’s post, and which I have now rectified. I ask that you revisit/refresh that post to read the updated text. The book I first … Continue reading →

I’ve missed writing my posts for three days straight. 🙈 I don’t know about you but I’ve certainly let myself down. I have a trove of excuses but I’m sure none of them qualify. Today is Higgs Day. I’m not sure the … Continue reading →