The Geecologist

There Are Rivers In The Sky

There Are Rivers In The Sky

Jan 31, 2026 | Fiction | 0 comments

‘Grandma, those winged giants that you said Leila saw in her youth, what happened to them?’ ‘The lamassus? They’re gone.’ ‘Where?’ ‘Who knows – Europe, America … Now they’re kept in big houses called museums. They’re not in their native soil any more, although...
America

America

Dec 28, 2024 | Essays, Non-Fiction, Travel | 0 comments

Minneapolis Aeronautic missionary of the silent majorities, I jump with cat-like tread from one airport to the other. Now it’s the blazing woods of New Hampshire, casting a fleeting reflection in the mirror of New England. Yesterday, it was the steepling gentleness of...
The Power of Geography

The Power of Geography

Jul 16, 2022 | Essays, Non-Fiction | 0 comments

It’s worth contrasting the history of Australia with that of another colonial experiment—the US. America also grew from settlements on a fertile east coast and then pushed inland. But, once over the Appalachian Mountains, the fledgling nation expanded into the...
Leviathan

Leviathan

Jun 4, 2022 | Fiction | 0 comments

On January 16, 1988, a bomb went off in front of the courthouse in Turnbull, Ohio, blowing up a small, scale-model replica of the Statue of Liberty. Most people assumed it was a teenage prank, an act of petty vandalism without political motives, but because a national...
Malliga Homes

Malliga Homes

Apr 3, 2021 | Fiction, Short Stories

Mr Swaminathan died suddenly, as he was walking back to his flat from the Veg dining hall after dinner. He was ahead of me on the path, and I saw him slow down. His gait changed from a fast stride to a slower, hunched walk. His left arm went limp. He lost his footing...