It all starts with a smile
I am a 34-year-old mother of two beautiful children; Arina is 5 and Miron 3. I live in Moscow and ...
A joyous day and some poignant memories
9th May, the Victory Day, is celebrated on a grand scale in Russia. The document ending the Second World War, ...
Your name is written on every grain you eat
I love India and I love Indian food and can cook quite a few popular dishes like daal, shahi paneer, ...
The Life and Times of Vassily K
Sergei K. in conversation with Tapti Roy Thinking about the life and destiny of my dear Grandfather Vassily, I have ...
Love on the Shores of India
I was 15 when grand aunt Evgenia Khovanskaya died in 1975, leaving her home to my mother and me since ...
Our Old School
I can remember Grantchester Road in Cambridge where I lived for under a year when I was 6 going on ...
A Journey in Various Moods
A day-long journey along the Black Sea from Russia to Georgia can be quite an experience for anybody. The journey ...
Freedom, Food and the Tragedy of Deaths
I came to live in Coochbehar with my parents- in- law after I was married. Coochbehar, 700 kilometres north of ...
Buffalo Horns: An Unhappy Trophy
My introduction to buffalo hunting started soon after I arrived in Australia in 1960 as a Ten Pound Pom. After ...
A Winter’s Tale
My particular memory goes back some 90 years to when I was living with my rather troubled family in Tunbridge ...
Encounters at Harvard
In 1955 I was offered a two-year scholarship to Harvard University, to get my MA in English Literature. It was ...
Ghosts in the House
Whenever I am haunted by memories of the past, our house in JabalpurA city in the central Indian province of ...
