From my vantage point in this new kuti up in the mountain, I look down upon the valley below. Even though this is the vassa, in Sri Lanka it’s the dry season, and every evening I am the audience to glorious sunsets, each unique and as beautiful as the other. The air is hazy from …
Monthly Archives: September 2011
Siddhartha, Brutha and Yossarian
During this rainy season I revisited two old favourites: Siddhartha by Hermen Hesse and Small Gods by Terry Pratchett. The two protagonists, Siddhartha and Brutha, despite the vast gulf of time and space – intergallactic in this instance – that separate them, share a similar quest which they persue with almost foolhardy zeal. In their …
