Advantages: It's hard not to love Hardeep Disadvantages: As journeys of self-discovery go, it's a bit lame.
The Man in the Kilt and the Turban
I first became aware of Hardeep Singh Kohli though the Channel 4 television series 'Meet the Magoons' which was set in a Glaswegian curry house and starred a bunch of great British Asian comic actors. These included ...
Advantages: An alternative look at Iranian and Afghan culture Disadvantages: A little too academic at times
Iran and Afghanistan: countries that dominate the international headlines. It's hardly surprising that we should think we know them well even if we've never been there. In "Drinking Arak Off an Ayatollah's Beard", Nicholas Jubber attempts to reveal the Af ...
Advantages: A thoughtful examination of how the world has changed since the hopeful days Disadvantages: Slightly depressing in places
If I'd been the right age, back in the 60's, I wonder if I would have been a hippie... What do you mean, would have been?! Not a quote from Maclean's book tracing the original hippie trail, but one from a conversation I had with my partner, who - be ...
Advantages: She covers a lot of India Disadvantages: It's all too spriritual and self-centred for me
...“There’s no place like Om!”
Most people who go to India have one of two reactions; they either love it and can’t wait to return, or they hate it and would eat their own eyeballs rather than set foot on Indian soil a second time. I’m firmly in the ‘Lo ...
