Archive for November, 2006
Indian society is full of apparent contradictions; there often seem to be several different strata pulling in completely different directions. “Traditional Indian values” are held on to with pride, while at the same time, people strive towards a distinctly Western-shaped lifestyle with vigour. In the massive “Metro-cities” such as Bangalore, Kolkatta and Mumbai, the emerging nouveaux-riche [...]
I’m learning that “little and often” is the only way to deal with this blogging business. I have so much to write and there always seem to be things conspiring to prevent me from getting it all down - the ‘net’s been down for the past few days because of some virus (firewalling and all [...]
I’m still trying to catch up with myself here, so bear with me!
Last week was marked by flooding around the Hostel - not a huge surprise considering the torrential rain that had been battering us for three days straight. It’s happened once before although this time it was a lot worse, with water which must [...]
I now realize that the last post probably doesn’t make much sense, since the last you all know I was only just back from Chennai. Well, in the interim we’ve been away (again): this time over West to Karnataka, namely Bangalore and Mysore. More on that later.
We have, however - despite appearances - not just [...]
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