I rarely watch television as such. At home in Milan, our TV is used mostly to display videotapes, DVDs, Video CDs, and Super Video CDs. Italian television (almost completely in the hands of Prime Minister Berlusconi now) is so awful that it’s not worth switching on (except for Montalbano, about whom morehere). So if I… Continue reading Watching Television in India
Bob Alter Book Presentation
Presentation of Bob Alter’s book Water for Pabolee: Stories about People and Development in the Himalayas. You might also like: No related posts.
India, 2002
Nov 12 – arrival in Delhi, 1:30 am After the intense disappointment of not being able to attend my class‘ 20th anniversary reunion in Mussoorie last year, I wanted this trip so badly that at every step of the way I feared something would to prevent it. I was afraid I would be refused a visa… Continue reading India, 2002
Woodstock School Meta-History
The reason (well, excuse, really) for this trip to Mussoorie was to get started on a project for Woodstock School. The school will celebrate its 150th anniversary in 2004, an occasion which calls for a book of some sort. Detailed histories have previously been published, covering the period up to 1983, and a glossy picture… Continue reading Woodstock School Meta-History
On My Way to India, November 2002
Nov 11 – Milan Linate airport to Heathrow Paranoid traveller that I am, I ordered a taxi for 6 am. This got me to Linate, Milan’s city airport, at 6:15 – for an 8 am flight. Check-in was soon accomplished, and I planned to relax and have breakfast in the British Airways business lounge (still… Continue reading On My Way to India, November 2002