Venice by rail
An American gentleman in Venice I hopped on a train, and asked the fellow next to me if it was the correct train for my destination,...
Ave Maria
There is certain stillness in the air, the moon attends, beaming brightly through obscurity. Mary gasps, taking deep breaths as she struggles to remain a...
The yoga of tango
Yoga, is a sanskrit word meaning discipline; contrary to popular belief, it does not mean practising exercises that twist your body like a pretzel, that...
The Tango Scoop – BA
La Catedral is sleepy every night, except Tuesday, when it looks like a beehive during pollination. Feet are flying, bodies are twirling, smoke is swirling,...
Lines from a cartman
[caption id="attachment_205" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Vendors at Bourda Market on Church Street, Georgetown, Guyana"][/caption] “Oh, East is east, and west is west, and never the twain...
The darkness of the light
The Port of Tacoma - Milwaukee Way It was after midnight and the rain had slowed to a drizzle. In the bright lights, against a...
Capitalism or parasitism?
Children of the street En route to my private dance class one early afternoon in the middle of the work week, I observed three girls,...
City life: Living in Buenos Aires
Things you should know Don’t pre-pay anything, no one returns money here The train tickets are defective, buy them when you are about to use...
Negotiating space
Kamathipura - Mumbai's infamous Red Light District The homes in the slums are rows and rows of lean-to with tattered, dusty, discolored plastic laid across...
Deference reflects the same hue on any landscape
I have always been fascinated by the interplay of power in gender politics. What is more fascinating however is the various ways that these normalised...