latest installment :
THE TELECTROSCOPE KID
by Ashwin Tharoor-Menon
This is a true story that I wrote that was published in the India Currents Magazine in the USA. I was 9 years old when this happened.
...When I looked into it there were lots of people on the other side. I saw Brooklyn Bridge in the background. In London it was really sunny with blue skies but in Brooklyn it was raining but normally it is the other way round!
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WEEK 1
In which I meet the artist Paul St George at my club, and he tells me of his Transatlantic Tunnel and his plans to build and exhibit a mighty Telectroscope.
the nature of Paul’s tunnel between New York and London; a theory about how the Telectroscope might work to allow people to see across great distances; the spurious role of selenium.
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WEEK 2
In which Paul divulges Information about his Great Grandfather, Alexander Stanhope St George, the inventor of the Telectroscope.
the pleasures and fears associated with tunnels of all sizes; a discourse on makyoh photography; how history was unkind to Alexander Stanhope SP .
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WEEK 3
In which the important question of Financing the Great Tunnel arises, and Paul reveals a great deal more about his great grandfather's Engineering Ambitions.
a practical demonstration of how much tunnelling goes on; memories of the Black Sapper; important drawings and engravings reveal more details of Paul's historic undertaking.
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WEEK 4
In which I discover many other people with a peculiar interest in Tunnels, and Paul springs a Leak at the London end of his Project.
about Alexander St George's youthful urge to excavate; how walking the line of a tunnel can reveal its secrets ; practical advice on how to build a tunnel.
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WEEK 5
In which Paul becomes more open and frank about the origins of his Tunnel and the proposed location of the two Telectroscopes.
speculation about the route of the Tunnel; an article in the Times; how an Atlantic island and East End artisans have contributed to Paul St George’s project.
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WEEK 6
In which Paul talks about the Island where the Tunnel was first started, and I am invited to the East End Workshop where the Telectroscope is being constructed.
enticing clues as to where Paul might have been be digging; a Victorian webcam; Paul pauses in his excavations in order to grant me an interview.
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WEEK 7
In which a date is set for the appearance of the Telectroscopes, we discover exactly where they will be sited, and much debate ensues about what will happen when they are in place.
the precise route of Paul's Tunnel; how to make an appointment to view through the Telectroscope.
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WEEK 8
In which Paul St George breaks the surface and finally completes his Great Grandfather's vision - the Telectroscopes are in place!
the mighty Drills break the surface in London & New York; my brother Paul attends the Opening Ceremony on my behalf; the General Public embraces the Telectroscope heartily.
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I believe in the Telectroscope!
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