by Nigel Scotchmer | Nov 3, 2026 | Stories
At The Hill Station Guest House, the view of the Nanda Devi is divine but nothing ever happens. Spoke too soon! A Himalayan mystery from Nigel inspired by his recent travels… Typical rising mists and fog, monsoon season The cuckoo’s call woke Prabhjit Singh...
by Nigel Scotchmer | Sep 15, 2026 | Essays
(Taittiriya Upanishad, Shikshavalli I.11.2) Great India #1 Nanda Devi from the Himalayan Writing Retreat I have just returned from nearly a month spread between Delhi and The Himalayan Writing Retreat. The first morning I woke to the screaming chirps of ten green...
by Nigel Scotchmer | Sep 1, 2026 | Essays
A rambling on language, leisure, beauty, and the business of accepting what we can’t control. Some things we think about, some we ignore. And some are more important than others. Does it matter if we fight against the inevitable? Or should we just accept it?...
by Nigel Scotchmer | Aug 4, 2026 | Humour
Our newest columnist, Mewubis, lives in a dumpster, judges humanity, and bears a suspicious resemblance to a Greek philosopher who did the same thing 2,400 years ago. Only he wasn’t a cat. You ask me why I live in a dumpster? My friend, it’s my choice. Let me...
by Nigel Scotchmer | Jul 14, 2026 | Essays
Alfaaz means, simply, words. And words, read aloud and in good company, are the whole of what we’re after this month. On the evening of July 26, The Irony Club is opening the mic again, and this time we’re widening it considerably. It will run the way an open mic...