December 10, 2017 / India Blog, Silk River
India Day 5 – Lost and Found
During the night, when we are chugging downriver from Krishnanagar, there is torrential rain. Visibility at dawn is not much better. It’s what the Scots call dreich: thicker than mist, but not quite rain. In the wheelhouse, our pilot Nimai, is working hard to steer around the sandbanks, many of them invisible to ordinary mortals. But he sees them.
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December 9, 2017 / India Blog, Silk River
India Day 4 – Specialities
I like a town with a speciality. Nuremberg is wooden toys, York is chocolate, Buenas Aires is tango and London is second-rate politicians – no, hang on, every capital city seems to specialise in those.
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December 8, 2017 / India Blog, Silk River
India Day 3 – Improvisation
Just before dawn we are on the riverbank about to be ferried out to our boat which floats offshore in the pearly mist. The sky and the river are same shade of grey. For once the world is hushed and almost silent.
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December 7, 2017 / India Blog, Silk River
India Day 2 – Serendipity
One wonderful thing that happens when you travel through a landscape with something of a purpose is the chance encounters, the unexpected conversations that suddenly open up unseen worlds. Like with Darshan last night in Azimganj when he let slip about the elephant.
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December 6, 2017 / India Blog, Silk River
India Day 1 – An Omen
When I tell people in England that I’m going to India, they always seem to say something like: ‘You must love it.’ And after a pause: ‘When were you last there?’ Their implication, I reckon, is that India is changing fast and the India I knew may no longer be around.
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December 6, 2017 / News Coverage, Silk River
Ali Pretty’s interview with the Thames Festival Trust
Before Ali Pretty went to India, she was interviewed by the Thames Festival Trust about the Silk River Project.
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December 6, 2017 / News Coverage, Silk River
The Telegraph
A Celebration of Rivers. We're delighted that a wonderful article has been published about Silk River in the Telegraph (India) today. This article was written by Bruce Bucknell, the British deputy high commissioner in Kolkata.
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December 6, 2017 / News Coverage
The Statesman
Silk River India Walk – Weekend Artist Retreat
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December 6, 2017 / Silk River
Silk River India walk starts today!
Today we begin our adventure down the Hooghly with Silk River India!
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December 5, 2017 / News Coverage
Sangbad Pratidin
Hooghly and Thames Connected Through Silk River
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