A Journey Around India Book Review

City of Joy Dominique Lapierre This book was my original inspiration for travelling to India and 25 years later I still have my well-worn copy with Patrick Swayze on the front cover. Kolkata (Calcutta) is actually nicknamed “City of Joy” after this novel, which tells the story of a young Polish priest living and working […]

A Journey Around India

I became obsessed with going to India after reading ‘City of Joy’, Dominic Lapierre’s semi-fictional story of the slums of Calcutta, and it was only enhanced after watching the movie of the same name starring Patrick Swayze. The year was 1994 (before mobile phones and the internet) and my mother was horrified that I was […]