Legacy of Persia, South to Samarkand, French and British Authors, Engadine and Eden-Paradise 7/2/12 Dear Roger, As I continue to hallucinate in this incredible fifty degree heatwave, I find myself revisiting the dreamscapes of Switzerland. Could these green rolling hills, dotted with wildflowers, crystal blue lakes inhabit the same earth as the heat and dust weContinue reading “GENEVA DIARIES #53*”
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Geneva Diaries #52*
Lingua Franca, Persia, Houris and The Immigrants Tale 6/24/12 Dear Roger, Its super to get email from you! Especially with you describing your bunker like dwellings, with no electricity, running water, and refrigerator (now That I thought was almost attached to every American life form) in the East Bay, while I, the recipient, all theContinue reading “Geneva Diaries #52*”
Geneva Diaries #50*
Conception of The Buddha, Allegiance, Identity, Evangeline in Real and Cyberworld On Sat, May 12, 2012 , Roger Stevenson wrote: Dear Purnima, How are you ? Any silver linings peeking over the horizon ? I’ve been trying to find a time when we could chat via Skype, but it’s hard to arrange to be aloneContinue reading “Geneva Diaries #50*”
Letters to Suchi #69-The Ballad of The South
I wish to share a chapter from My Letters to Suchi (letter #69), titled the Ballad of The South to remember the long forgotten tale of an old family from the South-Pondicherry/Madras on the 101st birthday of my granduncle Tiger Thyagarajan. Tiger was our family’s anchor to the South (India), the eldest son of anContinue reading “Letters to Suchi #69-The Ballad of The South”
Geneva Diaries #49*
Family Portraits Viswanathan, Mysore, Mahishasura, The Federalist Papers, Amish, Blockchain 4/23/12 Dear Roger, I have attached yet another one of my family photos, and since you are asking for the smoking hot ones, here it is pasted below! Yes, this one is of my grandfather V.Viswanathan with his hunting buddies 1940’s-1950’s(from a time where bigContinue reading “Geneva Diaries #49*”
Geneva Diaries #48*
The Doors, Carnatic Music and Tamil Culture, Liechtenstein 8/27/12 Dear Roger, I’m back! Not sure from where, and not sure if I can take you there, but I’m back. I’m going to leave you with some music to describe my journey, Jim Morrison and Break on Through…I sense I did. And returned…from The Other Side. Continue reading “Geneva Diaries #48*”
Geneva Diaries #47*
I Express Therefore I Am – Cave Art – Universal Human Rights Cave Art – Art makes Man 11/11/11 Dear Roger, Thanks to you my mind is being stormed by the idea of what exactly it is that makes us human. Is this immortal quest through time a need to identify and express the self?Continue reading “Geneva Diaries #47*”
Geneva Diaries #45
Alice In Tourette, The Wax Palace, Bali Hi, Cote d’Azure/Provence, Red Rackhams Treasure,The Supreme Court of The Cyberworld On Tue, Jul 19, 2011, Roger Stevenson wrote: Dear Purnima, Have you landed safely on the other end of the rabbit’s hole ? I hope your tumble through space was eventful and exciting. Thinking about you !Continue reading “Geneva Diaries #45”
Geneva Diaries #43
Jack and Gilles -Law and technology Vanishing Saraswati On May 24, 2011, Roger wrote: Dear Purnima, It’s me again with a link to a great article about DSK. I am thrilled that someone has finally made the link between what happened at the Sofitel hotel and what the IMF and other financial organizations have doneContinue reading “Geneva Diaries #43”
Geneva Diaries #40
Lights Out In Wonderland 5/23/11 Dear Purnima, One last little blurb from Japan before we leave to come back to the land of rude shopkeepers and cashiers and nasty old men who chase beautiful damsels through the parks of Geneva. It will be strange not to have charming and smiling young Japanese hand your changeContinue reading “Geneva Diaries #40”
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