Lounge for 28 April 2012

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Saturday, April 28, 2012

Vol. 6 No. 17

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THE WEEKEND MAGAZINE

THE JOURNEY IS THE DESTINATION It’s not just about the joy of reaching a particular place. The best vacations are those in which anticipation strikes as soon as you step on a train or put on your hiking shoes

THE PATHS LEAST TRAVELLED >Page 17

ONE THOUSAND SHADES OF BLUE

Off the Dalmatian coast, where calm azure alternates with thundering grey, you meet the Adriatic’s many moods >Pages 8­9

>Pages 8­18

SHIPS, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES

A breathless journey from Switzerland to England that brought adventure and lasting friendship >Pages 10­11

IN A CORNER THAT COUNTS Past motorable roads, horseback up 7,100ft above sea level, to find the cottage overlooking the Chenab >Page 15

People dine at restaurants along the shore in Korcula, Croatia.

REPLY TO ALL

GAME THEORY

TRANSFORMATION FOR THE BETTER

STADIUMS CAN BE SHRINES TOO

AAKAR PATEL

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udyard Kipling opens his superb novel with the street urchin Kim teasing the son of a wealthy man. Kim kicks Chota Lal, whose father, Lala Dinanath, is worth half-a-million sterling, off the trunnion of the mighty cannon Zam-Zammah. Kipling loved India and wrote that it was the only democratic place in the world. It warms us to read this, but of course this was quite untrue in Kipling’s time and remains untrue today. Whether it will be so tomorrow, I am not as certain. Few laws are transformational, but... >Page 4

ROHIT BRIJNATH

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imbledon, 1987, and the tremulous apprentice is shown his place. It arrives in the form of a pass whose label is simply rude. “ROVER”, it says. Oracles with lost hair, who could tell you Big Bill Tilden’s string tension or the specific brandy Suzanne Lenglen chugged before occasional matches, wear “CENTRE COURT” badges. The “ROVER” is dismissed to the outer courts, wandering like an awed, eager canine with a notebook. >Page 6

MY DAUGHTERS’ MUM

NATASHA BADHWAR

DON’T MISS

in today’s edition of

DO GIRLS MAKE YOU UNCOMFORTABLE?

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e are a family of five. Two adults called Mamma and Papa and three little children. A few days ago, I met a woman in an empty flat. A regular person, quite like you and me. Posh school, Delhi University, an MBA and her own small business now. She was house-hunting with her husband and they were there to see a flat our friend owns in south Delhi. Our friend lives abroad, so we had gone to unlock the door for the potential new tenants. It’s a boring old chore, but when... >Page 6

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