RKS THE LITERATURE OF INDIA: The “Mercedes Killer” Pawn in the Hands of the Indian Upper Classes?

“Hundreds of inmates piling out of their cells to congratulate. He’s something of a celebrity. They’ve all heard about the “Mercedes Killer”. They want a closer look, judge for themselves his innocence or guilt, see how tough he is, how scared, decide where he could belong. It only takes a minute to recognize he’s oneContinue reading “RKS THE LITERATURE OF INDIA: The “Mercedes Killer” Pawn in the Hands of the Indian Upper Classes?”

RKS British Literature: Revenge of the White Man Colonialist (George Orwell)

“The rage was stewing in his body like bitter juice. He had brooded all night over what had happened. They had killed a white man, killed a white man, the bloody sods, the sneaking cowardly hounds. Oh, the swine, the swine, how they ought to be made to suffer for it. Why did we makeContinue reading “RKS British Literature: Revenge of the White Man Colonialist (George Orwell)”

“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: THE ABDUCTION OF RORY DYLAN STEPHEN: MURDER ON THE EASTERN & ORIENTAL EXPRESS: MY PERSONAL BUSINESS MAY HAVE LED TO SOLVING THE CASE

The Singapore Times Exclusive: THE ABDUCTION OF RORY DYLAN STEPHEN: MURDER ON THE EASTERN & ORIENTAL EXPRESS: MY PERSONAL BUSINESS MAY HAVE LED TO SOLVING THE CASE Well, you know as a dog there is no WC for me on the Eastern & Oriental Express. As I was not a suspect I was free toContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: THE ABDUCTION OF RORY DYLAN STEPHEN: MURDER ON THE EASTERN & ORIENTAL EXPRESS: MY PERSONAL BUSINESS MAY HAVE LED TO SOLVING THE CASE”

RKS British Literature: Fast, Modern but Cheap English Girls (George Orwell)

“Mrs Lackersteen began with some general remarks, apropos of a photograph in the Tatler, about these fast modern girls who went about in beach pajamas and all that and made themselves so dreadfully cheap with men. A girl, Mrs Lackersteen said, should never make herself too cheap with a man; she should make herself-but theContinue reading “RKS British Literature: Fast, Modern but Cheap English Girls (George Orwell)”

RKS British Literature: The Youngest Son of a Peer: What a Cad! (George Orwell)

“Horsemanship and physical fitness were the only gods he knew. The stamp of hooves on the maidan, the strong poised feeling of his body, wedded centaur-like to the saddle, the polo-stick springy in his hand-these were his religion, the breath of his life. The Europeans in Burma-boozing, womanizing, yellow-faced loafers-made him physically sick when heContinue reading “RKS British Literature: The Youngest Son of a Peer: What a Cad! (George Orwell)”

“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: THE ABDUCTION OF RORY DYLAN STEPHEN: MURDER ON THE EASTERN & ORIENTAL EXPRESS: THE NORTH KOREAN DIPLOMAT AWFULLY SUSPICIOUS

The Singapore Times Exclusive: THE ABDUCTION OF RORY DYLAN STEPHEN: MURDER ON THE EASTERN & ORIENTAL EXPRESS: THE NORTH KOREAN DIPLOMAT AWFULLY SUSPICIOUS VX Nerve Agent, a classic North Korean assassination weapon from a country building up a frightening array of chemical weapons was Nicomshire’s cause of death. Strong suspicion in my canine brain thisContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: THE ABDUCTION OF RORY DYLAN STEPHEN: MURDER ON THE EASTERN & ORIENTAL EXPRESS: THE NORTH KOREAN DIPLOMAT AWFULLY SUSPICIOUS”

“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: THE ABDUCTION OF RORY DYLAN STEPHEN: MURDER ON THE EASTERN & ORIENTAL EXPRESS: AUTOPSY RESULTS ON SIR REGINALD NICOMSHIRE RELEASED

The Singapore Times Exclusive: THE ABDUCTION OF RORY DYLAN STEPHEN: MURDER ON THE EASTERN & ORIENTAL EXPRESS: AUTOPSY RESULTS ON SIR REGINALD NICOMSHIRE RELEASED Over breakfast on the Eastern & Oriental Express it was announced the autopsy of Sir Reginald Nicomshire concluded the poor bloke was poisoned with VX Nerve Agent the substance used toContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: THE ABDUCTION OF RORY DYLAN STEPHEN: MURDER ON THE EASTERN & ORIENTAL EXPRESS: AUTOPSY RESULTS ON SIR REGINALD NICOMSHIRE RELEASED”

RKS British Literature: Failed English Girls to the Indian Meat Market (George Orwell)

“She’s come out to lay her claws into a husband of course. As if it wasn’t well known! When a girl’s failed everywhere else she tries India, where every man’s pining for the sight of a white woman. The Indian marriage-market they call it. Meat market it ought to be. Shiploads of ‘em coming outContinue reading “RKS British Literature: Failed English Girls to the Indian Meat Market (George Orwell)”

RKS British Literature: Mrs Lackersteen’s Inability to Focus on Anything (George Orwell)

“Mrs Lackersteen was one of those people who go utterly to pieces when they are deprived of servants. She lived in a restless nightmare between painting and housekeeping and never worked at either. At irregular intervals she went to “school” where she produced greyish still lifes under the guidance of a master whose technique wasContinue reading “RKS British Literature: Mrs Lackersteen’s Inability to Focus on Anything (George Orwell)”

RKS AMERICAN LITERATURE: BLACK Survival Skills (Audre Lorde)

“One of the most basic Black survival skills is the ability to change, to metabolize experience, good or ill, into something that is useful, lasting, effective. Four hundred years of survival as an endangered species has taught most of us that if we intend to live, we had better become fast learners. Malcom knew this.Continue reading “RKS AMERICAN LITERATURE: BLACK Survival Skills (Audre Lorde)”