MILAN MILAN MILAN

This roof's a maze of spires and pinnacles 

                                            Casting a tracery of shade as I stand

  Transfixed in the arched doorway

 I balance  On slate tiles to peer up 

at the gargoyles  Poised to swoop

from a belfry or gable.  Marble 

saints look down on the same Piazza 

Pious tyrants crossed on the way to Mass:

  Visconti, Sforza, Napoleon, Mussolini.

Nisha JamVwal's South African Sparkle

South African Holiday

                                                                                                                                                                                                Switzerland, Saint Tropez, Mont Blanc……… planning dream journeys bring to the imagination exotic locales, but South Africa? That it would one day be my most desired holiday destination with a poignant longing to go back? and without that craving to return to the roller coaster work and play that constitutes Bombay Nisha JamVwal fare! 


Never had I imagined this scenario when I embarked on this astounding holiday! Sometimes its just so magically escapist to run away and imagine that that is what constitutes life?!

With the overload of information in our lives, I had only distantly registered that there is more to South Africa than intricate weaves, voodoo and ebony art. Even when my itinerary was being planned to the minutest detail, wrapping up work for the holiday isolated me from knowledge and expectation. And so the heightened delight for the unexpected adventure and amazement that peppered the exploration of this fascinating country.