Over Atacama Desert and the Andes Mountains on September 17, 2013As our plane took off from Bolivia’s El Alto airport for Santiago, the capital of Chile, my excitement soared just like the plane did. We were flying out of the world’s highest airport and over a fascinating land, the most Andean and indigenous of the South American countries, and second only to Tibet in elevation. […]
Turning a page: yes or no II on June 15, 2013I have served time with the Pakistan army at the peak of its power and authority, in solitary confinement and in an interrogation centre in some unknown place. I was informed by General Akhtar Abdur Rahman that I would be hanged. I still feel quite comfortable and positively about people in the army as I […]