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MEMBER BLOG TAG: mumbai

Saturday, November 29, 2008 2:15PM
 
Mumbai & Misfits
Tags: Mumbai, Amish, Terrorism, forgiveness
 
Sparkle Hayter is a terrific writer (the hilarious Robin Hudson murder mysteries) and comedian, who now lives in Mumbai. She has done so for a couple of years now, working in Bollywood. She seems to love living there, as she has loved living in Tokyo, The Chelsea Hotel (NYC), and in an art squat in Paris. It was in Paris that The Best Beloved and I became friends with her. Sparkle was born in Pouce Coupe, B.C., Canada and raised in Edmonton. In 1980 she ran away to New York City where she ended up in TV news, primarily for CNN. After CNN, she moved to Pakistan and went into Afghanistan with the mujahedin to cover the Afghan war against the Soviets. She...
 
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