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GENGHIS COMPANY - HOW THE WEST LOOTED ASIA

Posted on May 25, 2015 by [email protected]

This is a story about how a vast multi-national corporation used a western nation’s military muscle to economically rape the country it had ‘liberated’. Halliburton? Sirco? No, though you’re warm. We’re talking the great granddaddy of them all - ladies … Continue reading →

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HISTORY, ISLAM AND THE WHOLE DAMNED THING

Posted on January 14, 2015 by [email protected]

The one thing I have learned from history is that we never learn from it. I’m not an historian. I’m a story teller. But if I am going to write an historical novel, then I can’t just make stuff up. … Continue reading →

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INDIA: THE SERIOUS SIDE OF A SILLY WALK

Posted on November 25, 2014 by [email protected]

All this talk about guardsmen falling over reminded me of India - and a visit I once made to the headquarters for the Ministry of Silly Walks. I was staying in Amritsar and the travel desk at my hotel convinced … Continue reading →

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WHERE THERE’S A WOMB THERE’S A WAY, PART 2

Posted on July 17, 2013 by [email protected]

So before I was so rudely interrupted by Mick Jagger, we were talking, appropriately enough, about the history of contraception. THIS IS NOT HAPPENING: I was just about to tell you how they tried to stop having babies in China. … Continue reading →

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THE WOMAN BEHIND THE WORLD’S GREATEST MONUMENT TO LOVE

Posted on October 10, 2012 by [email protected]

In the west we think of Romeo and Juliet as the archetypal lovers, the ultimate romantic couple. Yet India has perhaps better claim to the accolade than Italy; if you want to find a monument to the world’s greatest love … Continue reading →

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9½ THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE TAJ MAHAL

Posted on July 14, 2012 by [email protected]

There is not a camera-wielding tourist in the world who does not recognize the Taj Mahal’s onion dome and her four towering minarets. It is probably the iconic emblem of India; it brings 4 million visitors a year to the … Continue reading →

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THE GREATEST BOOK IN HISTORY?

Posted on May 9, 2012 by [email protected]

What would you nominate? For many people it’s the Bible, or the Q’ran. For those not of a religious persuasion, it might be Homer’s Odyssey or the Works of William Shakespeare. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the entrant from … Continue reading →

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extract from my Nook First choice, VENOM

Posted on March 12, 2012 by [email protected]

Saigon, 1968 Tet, the Lunar New Year. For the Vietnamese it was the year’s major festival, like Christmas and Easter packed into four days. Not only this, the Vietnamese do not celebrate individual birthdays; at Tet, everyone becomes one year … Continue reading →

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TWENTY ONE GRAMS

Posted on January 19, 2012 by [email protected]

(This post was carried over from yesterday because of the Internet strike against SOPA) On this day sixty four years ago, Mohandas Gandhi called off one of the most famous hunger strikes in history. Shortly after partition, sectarian violence rocked … Continue reading →

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