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brightened the pine woods

By Lecercle | Published: April 16, 2010
Bettel, Connecticut BY half-past 5 on a morning in early October, the sun rising over Blackwater Pond had already brightened the pine woods. I stood in a wide natural path, carpeted with brown-red needles, that rises up the forested dune from the southwest side of the pond. I’d seen their hoofprints in the deep needles and knew they ended [...]
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No Time for Love, in Srinagar

By Lecercle | Published: November 26, 2009
["Jaddu ki" (Magic) Cigarette - usually hash] As Harzatbal’s evening call for prayer resounds over the Dall, Ajaz walks through one of Srinagar’s many martyrs’ graveyards. The young man in worn-out jeans and a body hugging tee swaggers past unkempt tombstones counting friends and family that are buried there – there were 21 of them. He [...]
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5 rupee Softee, Bangalore

By Lecercle | Published: July 16, 2009
I associate Bangalore with Koshy’s and my visits to Bangalore are so often punctuated by my visits to Koshy’s,the only place in Bangalore I do not feel like like a guest or a lodger. A red – checkered table cloth sleeping under empty bottles of beer and tomato-sauce smeared fried potatoes shaped like smilies.
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