Denoyer-Geppert Polar Air Age World chart. Over the past decades I have collected maps and expanded my collection to a degree that it has literally ended up covering each wall of my home office, which I fondly call the map room (without any aspiration to Churchill’s war room!) Most maps in my collection feature cities that I have either lived in or visited and continue to admire as part of my autobiographical experience as an urban flâneur.

Rajasthani handmade stuffed animals. Now that the holiday season is rapidly approaching—and as I skipped Halloween this year like many of my friends—I have already brought down from the attic some of my favorite holiday decorative items. Over the years, I have collected Rajasthani handmade stuffed animals and made a point to add to my collection every time I return to India.