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Tag Archives: humour
The quick and easy way to learn Hindi
The following is an excerpt from the Quick and Easy Way to Learn Hindi by PT. Aditya Nand. Do let me know if you find it useful. Man: Where is Daisy? Woman: I don’t know Man: You’re her mum and … Continue reading
Posted in epoche, Rose Apple Island
Tagged conversation, Hindi, humour, India, language, phrasebook, travel
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This explains everything…
Why some people love India… Because when you’re on your way to a meeting, the taxi driver stops at a temple half way up a hill, parks two inches from a thousand foot drop, disappears for ten minutes, and upon … Continue reading
Shopping in India: where change must come from within
It took me a while to find the right coffee mug. You know, the one that feels right and has handles made for humans over six. Now, which to choose? The teddy bear holding a rose and champagne bottle or … Continue reading
Posted in epoche, Rose Apple Island
Tagged adventure, Asia, budget, culture, Himachal Pradesh, humour, India, journal, New Delhi, shopping, travel
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Bodhgaya: don’t need a full moon for crazy
Even a full moon looks dusty in Bodhgaya. Beneath it’s grubby glow, a group of high-spirited Indian youths hijack a merry-go-round in a fair that’s closed for the night. One of them mounts a plastic baby goat while the others … Continue reading
Posted in Navel of the World, Rose Apple Island
Tagged adventure, Asia, Bihar, Bodhgaya, budget, humour, India, Mahabodhi, monk, spirituality, travel
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Double-sided drum
This morning my bicycle rickshaw passed a goat dressed in a turquoise sweater. “Perfectly natural,” said Alice, “since it is rather chilly.” These days, a damp, bone-chilling fog fills Bodhgaya in the early hours, burns off for a few hours … Continue reading
Posted in Moving on...., Rose Apple Island
Tagged Asia, Bihar, Bodhgaya, Buddhist, budget, humour, India, Mahabodhi, monks, Monlam, pilgrimage, spirituality, temple, Tibetan Buddhism, travel
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The bucket bath….millions do it, so can you!
A LESSON FOR NON-INDIANS IN 20 EASY STEPS. YOU WILL NEED: 1 ten litre plastic bucket at 225 INR (or 300 depending on whether you or your Indian friend buys it) 1 plastic jug at 50 INR (or 100 depending … Continue reading
Posted in Moving on...., Rose Apple Island
Tagged adventure, Asia, bucket bath, budget, humour, India, travel
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The Delhi police, the CIA, and…me
I visualized bodacious diplomats in double-breasted suits shinnying down ropes from black helicopters, flashing their business cards and saying things like, “We’ll take it from here, ma’am.” The knock had the tone of entitlement. So I was only mildly surprised … Continue reading
Close encounters with my mother
It was the scene where Richard Dreyfuss sees the aliens for the first time as they half-float out of the spaceship that’s landed behind Devil’s Tower National Monument in Wyoming. Everyone in the cinema was in a hushed awe-filled silence. … Continue reading
Posted in epoche
Tagged aliens, Blitz, close encounters of the third kind, Hitler, humour, invasion of Britain, mothers, World War II
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Surrealism in motion
I went to find the masseuse that Mee, my guesthouse manager, had recommended. “Her name is Da Da,” said Mee, writing it down like someone used to catering to tourist infants. Well, it was certainly the most surreal massage I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Moving on...., Thailand dreaming
Tagged adventure, Asia, budget, humour, thai traditional massage, Thailand, travel
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Chain-smoking guru
I went downstream – to imagine How things could have been different I went upstream – and worried How things might change But then your grandfather’s words Rippled underneath…. “The boat is the middle. Stay on the boat.” From Water … Continue reading
Posted in Kashi, Moving on....
Tagged adventure, Asia, astrologer, astrology, budget, fortune teller, Ganges, humour, India, kashi, travel, Varanasi
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