Since I've been at UMBC (University of Maryland Baltimore County) for so
many years, it was only fitting that I have the US release of The Age of
Shiva at the university. It was a wonderful event - a great audience that
(in addition to such luminaries as Senator Sarbanes) included several of
my former students. As usual, I barely got to try the food - the two
samosas (and one carrot stick) that I tried before my reading were very
good, but the desserts all vanished while I was signing books. By the time
I got home, I was starving, so I made myself a scrambled egg for dinner.
So much for the glamorous life of a writer.

But the event was thoroughly enjoyable, a real treat - and it gives me
great pleasure to share the filmed version.