Back to Darjeeling, not the city but the “Limited” soundtrack…love the Kinks, always have, though I suppose I got into them late, when “Give The People What They Want” came out–(1983?) over here in the states, I was 13 or 14 and fell in love. Yes, I suppose I was a late Kink’s fan. There […]
I just read an article in the NYT about tea in Darjeeling (where my husband roamed the streets and the halls of his school for many a year–now he refuses to drink a drop of tea! He also introduced me to momos (Tibetan potstickers) another Darjeeling speciality, thou I’ve never had them in Darjeeling having […]
I’ve been reading Speak, Memory , Nabokov’s memoir of his childhood in Russia and glimpses of his later years abroad. All biographies in a sense should be like his; a mishmash of the mundane (endless descriptions of a succession of tutors), minute details of daily activities (his tireless endeavor of butterflies in the fields) and […]
Although the movie’s getting mixed reviews the soundtrack kicks ass. Some great Kinks’ songs and original scores from Satyajit Ray’s films.
Here’s a great roundup of the best Indian Travel articles of 2007 from the Times Online . The articles are directly linked below: Do the hippies still run Goa? India’s 12 best hotels Tales from a Himalayan hill station The story of India and me India’s stone Kama Sutra Kolkata: India with soul Varanasi, a […]
This 13 minute short is a prologue to The Darjeeling Limited movie ( watch that trailer here ), point being to add some backstory to the Jason Schwartzman character in said movie. The doomed romance has Natalie Portman as well, which leads him to take the journey to India with his brothers. It’s available on […]