After the frenetic pace of Calcutta and the unusual pollution I experienced in Darjeeling, I was ecstatic to arrive in warm, clean, breezy, fresh-aired Varkala in the southern state of Kerala. I realized that I had been moving quite quickly during the first half of my trip, with just a couple of nights in each [...]
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Archive for January, 2008
Though half of my time in Calcutta was spent at the Camera Hospital and catching up on sleep, I was able to take a rather long walk through a part of the city that was quite fascinating. It included the Howrah Bridge (at 700m long, it’s regarded as the world’s busiest bridge but no photos [...]
A shocking title, I know. But this is what has been in the news nearly every day since I arrived in India. It started with a gang “molestation” (the Indian term for groping and fondling) that happened to a couple of women outside of an upscale Mumbai hotel on New Year’s Day. I think the [...]
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