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In India everything has a use and a value.

Tahir Shah

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Tahir Shah
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: November 16
Author
Comedian
Explorer
Journalist
Novelist
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London
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India
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For my father there was no sharper way to understand a country than by listening to its stories.
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The very fact that a Frenchman was prepared, after two minutes of conversation, to be so friendly towards anyone, especially one who had come from England, made me restless.
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Respect was one thing. Survival was another. It was important that I kept my priorities in the right order.
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There is nothing quite as unpleasant as wearing a pair of briefs which have been trailed through a Calcutta courtyard. Nothing, that is, except having one's elbows and knees lacerated by unseen slivers of glass and discarded razor blades.
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The taste for glory can make ordinary men behave in extraordinary ways.
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Any man who has ever led an army, an expedition, or a group of Boy Scouts has sadism in his bones.
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I believe that Marrakech ought to be earned as a destination. The journey is the preparation for the experience. Reaching it too fast derides it, makes it a little less easy to understand.
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I was no longer troubled when he pulled out a machete in a crowded bar, tried to pick up schoolgirls, or threatened to scalp us, then rip off our heads and scoop out our brains.
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Spend sixteen weeks in the jungle and you being to question your own sanity, especially when you are the one goading everyone else ahead.
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Foras Road has a sordid reputation (…) Old crones sat in doorways, while their daughters were pushed out to earn money. It is intriguing that a society which is very covert with sexuality should be so straightforward about prostitution.
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Previous journeys in search of treasure have taught me that a zigzag strategy is the best way to get ahead.
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There’s nothing quite like a good quest for getting your blood pumping.
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Explorers like to pretend that they are a select breed of people with iron nerve and an ability to endure terrible hardship.
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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.
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Stories are not like the real world they aren't held back by what we know is false or true. What's important is how a story makes you feel inside.
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The pursuit of illusion is not about studying for prizes, or for study's sake. There's no right or wrong, no pass or fail.
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In India an explanation is often more confusing than what prompted it.
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My father used to say that stories are part of the most precious heritage of mankind.
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A man who embarks on a journey must know when to end it.
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On a harsh expedition, there's no space for anyone who does not intend to finish.
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