PICO IYER - Writer,traveller,globalist and great human being.

As a boy growing up in Mumbai (Bombay then) the name Pico Iyer always stood out quite distinctly in my memory as a young reader of the TIME magazine. The reason for this was  the common background I share with him by virtue of his last name 'Iyer' which is a common Tambrahm (Tamil brahmin) last name.Though I never knew much about him at that time I was reading his articles in TIME I have always been curious of him. That mystic of his unique name made me scrutinize his writings even more then the usual in search of finding clues to background. To me he always came off as a truly global citizen with mass a international persona.

While all this was in early 80s and here we are in 2013 with internet and its now great to not only read Pico but to connect to Pico online. What a great life he leads to which includes among other things a friendship with Dalai Llama himself. 
I recently came across this interview and reading at the Jaipur Literature Festival.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTOdTGdwYiU

What a great writer, thinker and marveloous human being. 

Hope to add some of his recent books to my kindle reading list.