The Geecologist

This Changes Everything

This Changes Everything

Oct 17, 2015 | Non-Fiction | 0 comments

[Navarro Llanos] had recently given a speech at a United Nations climate conference in which she laid out the case for these kinds of wealth transfers, and she gave me a copy. ‘Millions of people,’ it read, ‘in small islands, least-developed...
To A Mountain In Tibet

To A Mountain In Tibet

Aug 3, 2015 | Non-Fiction, Travel | 0 comments

A steep road takes our Land Cruisers north. Behind us the Great Himalaya cover the skyline, while ahead opens an orange and sulphur-coloured wilderness where the Karnali withers away. The 25,000-foot massif of Gurla Mandhata, detached from the Himalaya in its own...
Capitalism: A Ghost Story

Capitalism: A Ghost Story

Mar 14, 2015 | Non-Fiction | 0 comments

Is it a house or a home? A temple to the new India, or a warehouse for its ghosts? Ever since Antilla arrived on Altamont Road in Mumbai, exuding mystery and quiet menace, things have not been the same. “Here we are,” the friend who took me there said, “Pay your...
Auto Da Fé

Auto Da Fé

Jul 11, 2009 | Fiction | 0 comments

‘How old are you?’ ‘Nine and a bit.’ ‘Which would you prefer, a piece of chocolate or a book?’ ‘A book.’ ‘Indeed? Splendid! So that’s your reason for standing here?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘Why...