Wednesday 21st March 2012

Robert Nevil reports from Bombay: there are crows at the Taj. That’s the highest hotel there. You may remember it was attacked by terrorists some years ago.

Better watch out! It’s so easy to bring down an hotel. In one of the Firbank novels, someone said in passing, ‘There are fleas at the Ritz.’ Next thing you know, the Ritz has closed.

Now, accompanied by Anthony Mottram, ‘consultant’ of Prague, my oldest and closest friend, estranged at the last count for 27 months, he’s boarded 1st Class  the Deccan Queen for Pune.  They passed  through Diva Junction. On board some holy men offered the Bhagavad Gita for sale. Thereupon, Anthony Mottram single-handedly destroyed two million years of Indian spiritual life.

Crows at the Taj: That Great Bombay Hotel

Prayer Room at the Taj Hotel Bombay

On Board the Deccan Queen: the 1st Class Accommodation

Anthony Mottram (Out of Picture) Systematically Destroying 2 Million Years of Indian Spiritual Life