THE FAIRY QUEEN M BHAKTAVATSALA recalls one of his train
journeys with a twist that led him to the
130-year-old Fairy Queen.
Renaissance man Abha Iyengar writes about passion in creativity and how at times thats all it takes to make
a difference.
POET'S CORNER
Bengaluru,Engal Ooru Bengaluru, Bengaluru, forever Engal Ooru,
Bengaluru, Bengaluru is forever our only ooru
Malayalam, Tamil or our own Kannada,
Be it enulo, enthata or even ennada..
SEXING UP KID LIT You dont need adults to sex up childrens literature. Young readers are just as inclined as grown-ups to think about the saucier undercurrents of stories, says
Jean Hannah Edelstein
Fairy Queen, the 130-year-old beauty with a steam engine,on a 89 km jaunt, passes through one of the most breathtaking Himalayan landscapes and also crosses the second highest railway station in the world, Ghum at 2258 meters