Travelling, writing

Thanks to Bala, who sent a link to a wonderful piece by Mohsin Hamid on seeing Lahore with one eye on the past and another on the present. There's some more outstanding writing here by, wouldyouknowit, Pico Iyer, and lots of other writing on the side. I have to cut this post short because the electricity is about to be cut for the rest of the day. More later.