![Caravanserai – vignettes from Yemen](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.pastconnect.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Scudder-in-Sanaa.jpg-GS-II.jpg?media=1670086848)
Caravanserai – vignettes from Yemen
Tower of Peace Trying to organize my generally messy life, I was working my way through some old boxes and ...
![Memories of the Matriarch](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.pastconnect.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Prajna-Pix-II.jpg?media=1670086848)
Memories of the Matriarch
When I look back on my earliest memories of childhood, I always see my all-white sari clad, completely unadorned, hair ...
![India, Torn (II) : A witness to history in the making](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.pastconnect.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Shamlu-M-J-150x150.jpg?media=1670086848)
India, Torn (II) : A witness to history in the making
Continued from part I ...... Dad had been hearing about partition for quite some time. Finally it came to be ...
![My Nima-A portrait in White](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.pastconnect.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Nima-150x150.jpg?media=1670086848)
My Nima-A portrait in White
Whenever I think of my Grandma, the first thing that comes to mind is how beautiful she was -slim, without ...
![Life in the Shires](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.pastconnect.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Paulas-picture-150x150.jpg?media=1670086848)
Life in the Shires
Ever wondered what is lurking in the neighbouring county? More and more millennials are jumping on the bandwagon and abandoning London ...
![Come to my Paradise](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.pastconnect.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Come-to-Anguilla-with-Me-150x150.jpg?media=1670086848)
Come to my Paradise
I was born in a little hospital located at the tallest point in Anguilla overlooking a dazzling blue sea. I ...
![The Ferry](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.pastconnect.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/The-Pier-in-Hull-150x150.jpg?media=1670086848)
The Ferry
Whenever the brothers, Tim and Matthew got together, reminiscences from their childhood 50 to 60 years ago usually surfaced. The ...
![Sinai, the Bedouin Way](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.pastconnect.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Sinai-2-150x150.jpg?media=1670086848)
Sinai, the Bedouin Way
It is unusual for Indians, especially two Indian women, to go backpacking to the Sinai. Most Indians who do visit ...
![Life on the Nile](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.pastconnect.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/canopicjars-150x150.jpg?media=1670086848)
Life on the Nile
Egypt sits proudly on its 5000-year history, straddling the ancient and the modern with élan. Eight years after the Arab Spring ...
![The Birth of Nolan](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.pastconnect.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Sofia-and-Nolan-II-150x150.jpg?media=1670086848)
The Birth of Nolan
It all started on a Monday night. After my pregnancy yoga class, I headed home very relaxed, ready for sleep ...
![The Love Gene](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.pastconnect.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Rinku-and-me-II-150x150.jpg?media=1670086848)
The Love Gene
Scientific research has shown that people who are attracted to one another, experience a phenomenon in which a gene inside ...