No internet. It’s been a while since I’ve had no internet in my daily life. There are times when I want to know something – anything – and I cannot[…]
Read moreMonth: August 2008
Warning: Graphic Sickness
The day of heroic effort and eventual comfort. So, we woke up at about 8am and left the hotel almost three hours after we were supposed to be out. The[…]
Read moreAllahabad Sucks
Wow. Allahabad sucks. This is the first town in India that I have honestly just not liked. Strange. We arrived in town at 5am. A bit disoriented (duh), we chose[…]
Read moreKrishna’s Birthday in Fatehpur Sikri
After our long, long walks of yesterday, we arranged a taxi to take us the 30km to Fatehpur Sikri. The short version of the story goes like this: Emperor Akbar[…]
Read moreThe Emperor Imprisoned
The smell of spicy-sweet incense, the heat that soaks beyond bone marrow into DNA, the smooth-sharp crack of HindiGujaratiMarathiMalayalamWhoKnowsWhat over the constant background of horns. These combine to hold me[…]
Read moreA Short One
More of an prod to get you to the Slideshow link than anything else. We got a ton of great pictures of the Taj Mahal and the Agra Fort today[…]
Read moreUncivilized India
So far, pretty much everything I’ve had to say about India has been easy to categorize as praise. It’s not perfect, though. In one way in particular… Uncivilized India is[…]
Read moreThe Beautiful, The Cynical and the Spectacle
(The Beautiful) The smell of India, wow! I cannot accurately explain how wonderful the smells of India are simply because of my lack of descriptive prowess and the fact that[…]
Read moreSikhs Do More Than Feed People
Arriving in Delhi after 18 hours on the Rajdhani Express, James and I donned our packs and stumbled off the train. We both looked left, looked right, and followed the[…]
Read moreStained-Glass Butterflies and Men with Guns
Violence. Authority. I imagine that the police in India are aiming for the latter, but I can’t help but see the former. Here’s one of the little comparisons that I’ve[…]
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