A Biography of Cao Cao
Rafe de Crespigny is an Australian sinologist, now aged 90. He specialises in the history of the Han dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period. His…
Cameron Highland – Part 2
Searching for solitude. Tanah Rata town centre and Brinchang are eyesores. They resemble cowboy towns more than quaint colonial hill stations. Beyond Brinchang is spoilt…
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Cameron Highland – Part 1
Cameron Highlands was till the year the 2000s arguably the most quaint and charming of the 4 hill stations of British Malaya, now Malaysia. Due…
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A Many Splendored Thing – Part 2
A Many- Splendoured Thing by Dr. Han Su Yin was published in 1952 to great acclaim. A place that featured prominently in her memoir is…
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Timeless stories from India’s largest business group
The Tata Saga (2018 published) is a compilation of extracts taken from articles and books on the Tata family and their businesses. The Tatas are…
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A Many Splendored Thing – Part 1
A Many Splendored Thing was published in 1952 to great acclaim. Dr. Han Su Yin in this autobiographical memoir, disguised as a novel, has written…
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The trilogy
A classic in the true meaning of the word. Jan Morris’s trilogy of the British Empire is a masterpiece of research and erudite distillation. Spanning…
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The record of a pilgrimage to China in search of the law
Ennin is a Japanese monk. He traveled to Tang China as part of a 651-men Japanese tribute mission to the Tang emperor in AD 838.…
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Introduction to Western specialists on China’s history (Part 4)
Stephen Platt is one of the exciting young Sinologists emerging from the US. These are 2 of his most recent books. Both, in my view,…
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Imperial Belvederes: The Hill Stations of Malaya
This 84 -page book Imperial Belvederes: The hill stations of Malaya by S Robert Aiken are a gem long out of print. Aiken covers all…
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Rachmaninoff
The young prodigy from China and the old maestro from Russia both played the Rachmaninoff in these 2 CDs. Wang Yu Ja played piano Concerto…
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