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Bullet Holes, and the Crystal Path from Amritsar | andrew in india
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Bullet Holes, and the Crystal Path from Amritsar. Bullet Holes, and the Crystal Path from Amritsar. August 17, 2015. August 17, 2015. You have come all this way to visit? I am not well. I have physical problems.’. Ah, I’m sorry to hear that.’. I have seen doctors, but’. You’re hoping to be cured here? She looked gleeful. ‘By the Great Doctor,’ she said, nodding to the temple. A Different Class of Indian. A Very Modern Maharajah →. 2 thoughts on “ Bullet Holes, and the Crystal Path from Amritsar. You are ...
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The Still Centre; the Happy Present | andrew in india
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The Still Centre; the Happy Present. The Still Centre; the Happy Present. August 5, 2015. August 6, 2015. I asked. ‘Never,’ was the chorus. An Indian would only want to tell them all what they should and shouldn’t be doing. It seems I gave them an opportunity to expand their horizons. Without judgement, I was more than happy to oblige. Love, Duty, and a Night Train to Hyderabad. A Different Class of Indian →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Address never made public).
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A Very Modern Maharajah | andrew in india
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A Very Modern Maharajah. A Very Modern Maharajah. August 19, 2015. August 20, 2015. Old and new is something of a theme underpinning my travels, comparing India now to the one I visited and grew to love thirty years ago. I don’t know why it took me so long to come back. A career? Other countries to visit? Bullet Holes, and the Crystal Path from Amritsar. The Problem of Rose Petals in Pushkar →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:.
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Love, Duty, and a Night Train to Hyderabad | andrew in india
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Love, Duty, and a Night Train to Hyderabad. Love, Duty, and a Night Train to Hyderabad. August 1, 2015. August 1, 2015. He asked. It always seemed to be blowing though the city. I said I did but surely it was a feature of every Indian city? Our parents are not a burden’, said Sharen. ‘They have experience. So, too, the grandparents. In a household in India there are years of experience.’ Knowing I was single, he asked, ‘Who will look after you when you are old? It’s family. Father and son,’ he said.
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The Many Ways of Tying a Turban | andrew in india
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The Many Ways of Tying a Turban. The Many Ways of Tying a Turban. August 26, 2015. August 27, 2015. It was a comfortable two hour train ride from Pushkar to Jaipur, at which station a guesthouse Jeep was happily waiting to collect me. The Karni Niwas Guesthouse has some of the most comfortable beds I’ve slept on in India, and is run by two of the friendliest brothers. It turned out to be the perfect choice. What to tell them? What I remember, or what I now see? The Problem of Rose Petals in Pushkar.
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August | 2015 | andrew in india
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The Many Ways of Tying a Turban. August 26, 2015. August 27, 2015. It was a comfortable two hour train ride from Pushkar to Jaipur, at which station a guesthouse Jeep was happily waiting to collect me. The Karni Niwas Guesthouse has some of the most comfortable beds I’ve slept on in India, and is run by two of the friendliest brothers. It turned out to be the perfect choice. What to tell them? What I remember, or what I now see? The Problem of Rose Petals in Pushkar. August 24, 2015. August 24, 2015.
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Everything stops for Shiva! | andrew in india
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Everything stops for Shiva! Everything stops for Shiva! July 8, 2015. July 8, 2015. Of crotons and bells. It’s raucous, and its thrilling. And, I notice, it’s the only thing that prevents insistent motorcyclists from pushing their way through the crowd as they usually do. There is respect, at last. Everything stops for Shiva! 3 Days, 22 Hours, 8 Punjabis and me. →. One thought on “ Everything stops for Shiva! July 9, 2015 at 4:43 am. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here.
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A Different Class of Indian | andrew in india
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A Different Class of Indian. A Different Class of Indian. August 13, 2015. Before we left we had tea in the clubhouse. A waiter brought a pot of leaf tea as if the Raj had never left, while Adil enthused about the lemon tarts that were, he said the best in the world. Actually, his appreciation of them was more nostalgia, he said, for all the years he spent with his father in army quarters. I loved them. They were sticky and sweet. I did my best to steer through that minefield. August 13, 2015 at 4:18 pm.
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Bullet Holes, and the Crystal Path from Amritsar | andrew in india
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Bullet Holes, and the Crystal Path from Amritsar. Bullet Holes, and the Crystal Path from Amritsar. August 17, 2015. August 17, 2015. You have come all this way to visit? I am not well. I have physical problems.’. Ah, I’m sorry to hear that.’. I have seen doctors, but’. You’re hoping to be cured here? She looked gleeful. ‘By the Great Doctor,’ she said, nodding to the temple. A Different Class of Indian. A Very Modern Maharajah →. 2 thoughts on “ Bullet Holes, and the Crystal Path from Amritsar. You are ...
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The Problem of Rose Petals in Pushkar | andrew in india
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The Problem of Rose Petals in Pushkar. The Problem of Rose Petals in Pushkar. August 24, 2015. August 24, 2015. The ghats are what we’ve all come to see – the lake is hemmed in by them – long flights of steps leading down to the water’s edge where it’s easy to be accosted by the faithful. Here, a man with a serious expression approached me and forcefully thrust rose petals into my hand. For the lake,’ he said. I frowned. ‘Oh? It says nothing about flowers in the lake.’. I took the petals. I wondered whet...