Where does one go in a tremendous city like Calcutta to find insider information? I recalled India's golden rule: do the opposite of what would be normal anywhere else.
Tahir ShahSpend sixteen weeks in the jungle and you being to question your own sanity, especially when you are the one goading everyone else ahead.
Tahir ShahIn Morocco, before you even get to the matter of the sale, you have to coax the owner to sell.
Tahir ShahThrough bitter experience I have learned that it is best to promise little and then to reward hard work with generosity.
Tahir ShahThe backstreet cafe in Casablanca was for me a place of mystery, a place with a soul, a place with danger. There was a sense that the safety nets had been cut away, that each citizen walked upon the high wire of this, the real world. I longed not merely to travel through it, but to live in such a city.
Tahir Shah