Charles Sobhraj: The real story – nature or nurture?

Back in the 70’s and barely out of school, I went on a backpacking adventure across the Asian hippie trail. It was exciting, but it was also dangerous. There was no internet, no mobile phones. If you disappeared, no one would know about it for weeks. And every traveler knew the stories – people were […]

Who is the Hindu goddess, Kali?

And what’s her connection to the Rolling Stones? Icons and statues make Kali appear utterly terrifying. She is red-eyed with rage, and her tongue lolls manically out of her mouth. She holds a sword in one of her many hands, a severed head in another. Around her neck she wears a garland of skulls. She looks ferocious, even evil, to the […]