In the early 20th century, cities like Penang, Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore were seen as a kind of El Dorado for Malayalis ...

His first novel, "Another Roadside Attraction," was published in 1971 when Robbins was 39 -- more than three decades after declaring to his parents, at age 5, that he'd be a writer.

?So he passed over and all the trumpets sounded for him on the other side'. These poignant words are written on the tombstone of Private F F Slough 2nd Battalion Parachute Regiment, whose body ...