IN LIGHTER VEIN BY M.S. GILL For The Tribune | February 25, 1986 If you are up at Cambridge you want to go somewhere for the vacation. The place is closed for six months in the year to allow people to study. Terms are meant for more serious pastimes! A friend says we have holidays between holidays but I think it is not true. Another possible reason for the vacation is the avarice of the college bursars. They want to make more money. And so the students are cleared at the end

For The Tribune | March 6, 1981 It was a wet winter evening in Cambridge. The rain dripped gently on the college lawns. The fog, as T.S. Eliot might say, curled about the ancient buildings. The yellow street lights gave everything an eerie appearance. My wife and I had gone to Wolfson College to dine with some Pakistani friends. At about 11 p.m. we walked down from the college to the main road to catch the last bus to our flat. Only an old lady was standing under the cold bu

For The Sunday Tribune, Chandigarh | September 3, 1978 SNOWY, KING OF THE ROAD: On his hat cat and mice co-exist peacefully. Cambridge is...

For The Sunday Tribune | February 23, 1969 l heard of him as soon as I arrived in Cambridge. The one and only Mr. Singh. We met a few days later. It was not difficult. He stands out even when surrounded by mini skirts and long-haired intellectuals. Introduction was no problem. I just went up to him and greeted him in Punjabi. We met like old friends, with much embracing and back slapping, somewhat to the amazement of his friends. The occasion was obviously a special one. It i

For The Tribune | March 31, 1968 ''Politics", said Dr. Johnson, "is the last refuge of a scoundrel". In Punjab the study of law is...

For The Sunday Tribune | November 12, 1967 In Cambridge one does not feel too homesick. There are a host of Indian students and some dons who can be easily picked out in a crowd by their familiar hues and precocious looks. There is the occasional sari or the kurta-churidar which brings elegance to the streets of this miniskirt land. But what truly brings a whiff of home is the Indian restaurant. There are in fact many such restaurants here. Exotic names which recall days of