Category: Stories

  • Don’t Worry, Pico Iyer

    Don’t Worry, Pico Iyer

      Sitting on a bus from Heathrow to Oxford I tried to recollect as many famous Oxonians as I could. And there were so many that sprung up. From heads of states to noble laureates, from media moguls to explorers and anthropologists and Pico Iyer, too! The British-born travel writer of Indian origin. I chanced…

  • Just Absurd: like feeding the pigs tablescraps under a cloche

    Just Absurd: like feeding the pigs tablescraps under a cloche

      I’ve read a fair share of farmyard stories, both as a child and as a parent. As a young child exploring the world through books, I loved farmyard stories the most of all – the farmer, the animals, their young ones, the green green grass, and the unhurried pace of life depicted in each…