Marguerite Duras, was a French writer and film director, born in French Indochina on April 4, 1914. Her father was a school principal and her mother was a teacher. After her father’s death, her family had moved to Sadek, where the mother dies during a flood. She is sent to boarding school in Saigon, where she falls in love with …

The beginnings of Portuguese poetry? Go back to the 12th century, around the time when the County of Portugal separated from the Kingdom of Galicia (in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula). Many poets and lyricists, prior to the Carnation Revolution in 1974, created works known as revolutionary songs, who represented the spirit of the revolution include Zeca Afonso and …

Yes, Europe is full of wonderful cities, where drifting from a myriad attractions, which is imbued with the charm of history. Why not experience a weekend in Lisbon and Sintra? Welcome to Portugal https://www.visitportugal.com/en A Portuguese poet, Fernando Pessoa, wrote of his Lisbon: “There are no flowers for me they are like the coloring of Lisbon under the sun”. Portugal …

Visit New York? Autumn is the perfect season, but the month of November is a must. We remember you some good reason for planning now your unforgettable vacation in this city: November 29 (for the inevitable Christmas tree lighting at Rockefeller Center); November 24 (Thanksgiving Day, celebrated with the traditional stuffed turkey); the first Sunday of the month (with plans …

ANJOLIE ELA MENON 1/4 – She was born in 1940, in the West Bengal (of a mixed Bengal and American parentage). By the age of 15, when she left school, she had already sold a few paintings. At 18, she held a solo exhibition (with fifty-three paintings). She pursued her studies (at the Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai), …

The ornate Taj is the main attraction in Agra, the center-north Indian city built on the banks of the Jamuna River. http://www.mapsofagra.com/general-information/tourist-offices.html Is there a more romantic destination of the Taj Mahal? That astounding testimony of love, was commissioned by a ruler of the Mogul (Shah Jahan), to commemorate his late wife. In this city, other places not to miss, …

The God of Small Things https://www.amazon.com/God-Small-Things-Novel/dp/0812979656 is an award-winning landmark that started for its author an esteemed career of fiction and political commentary that continues unabated. This Man Booker prize-winner is set in India’s southern state Kerala, away from the glamour of Deli and Mumbai. Commenting as much on human nature as it does on Indian politics, religion and the …