Mumbai — I looked at the disapproving looks innocently and announced important things. If you’re a bird, I am a bird. I didn’t want to hide my wounds. I didn’t want to fake a smile. Is there space in the wo...
Dorchester — One memory I have of my Granddad on my Dad’s side dates, I reckon, from the early 1970s, and it’s of standing in the driveway of his bungalow at 44 Downs Way, Great Bookham (in Surrey) and admiring hi...
Tokyo — Unaccompanied but-no-longer minors, hurtling towards our new homes. Twenty kilograms of life packed into a bag. We tumble off the plane into a wall of heat, the night bringing little respite. On the ...
I wanted to dream recklessly, Mama. I wanted to fly.
That brings back some memories!
Ten years to the day. Thirteen hours in the air, giddy on plum wine, too drunk to be scared.