AustLit

'I kept getting lost in Kolkata. North and south were somehow inverted in my head and I had to consciously avoid going the wrong way every time I stepped out of my hotel. But I want to start with Christopher Hitchens, a writer that I revere and a public figure whose death I continue to mourn. I loved his prose even when I didn't agree with him and I admired his honesty. He was, for me, a teacher who taught me to ignore the media's tired narratives and look at each situation on its own merits. Among his many subjects, some might say targets, was Mother Teresa. ' (Introduction)