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Tag Archives: India
India’s love of acronyms (or ILoA)
It was my first visit to India and I was staying in a hotel in New Delhi’s East of Kailash—a neighbourhood that always makes me think of the sunrise face of Tibet’s holiest mountain with which it has nothing in … Continue reading
Hinglish—a language all its own
There is a language few outside of India have encountered that – like so many trends originating in the sub-continental mind – is quietly going global. This is Indian-English or ‘Hinglish’ as it is affectionately known. Spread mostly by Bollywood … Continue reading
The end of the inner selfie
We have come to regard the universe as little more than our personal Paparazzi, with lenses zooming in and out in relation to our activities on the World Stage. Every ‘click’ is another reassurance that we are somehow solid, permanent and important. It is our misery that deserves the most attention. It is our happiness that is the most desirable. But how is this possible on a planet of almost seven billion people? Continue reading
Posted in epoche
Tagged advaita, auto rickshaw, Buddhism, celebrity, constellations, desert, Desert Fathers, extras, India, Jaisalmer, Jesus, Jodhpur, journal, Milky Way, non-duality, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Paparazzi, philosophy, Qawwali, Raj, Rajasthan, self-inquiry, selfie, solo female traveler, spirituality, Swami Atmananda, Thar desert, travel, travel writing
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Journey of a neopilgrim – Kedarnath (part 3 of 4)
‘Anything you are attached to, give that. Go to the places that scare you.’ Machik Lapdrön In the high plateau under the gaze of snow-capped mountains Puttiah ambles away in the direction of the temple. I wonder where he plans … Continue reading
Posted in epoche, Rose Apple Island
Tagged female traveler, floods, Himalayas, Hindu, Hinduism, India, journal, June 2013, Kedarnath, natural disaster, pilgrim, pilgrimage, Shiva, solo traveler, spirituality, Tandava, temple, travel, trek, trekking, Uttarakhand, yatra, yatri
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Radical friendship and the end of the guru
Again I catch a glimpse of a recalibration of the politics of the knower, the known and the as yet unknower/unknown. I see Liberation Camaraderies replacing Mystical Theocracies. Continue reading
Posted in epoche, Rose Apple Island
Tagged adventure, Bodhgaya, Buddhism, disciple, enlightenment, friendship, Ganges, guru, India, Kumare, Laxman Jhula, liberation, Mahabodhi, Rishikesh, saddhu, solo female traveler, solo traveler, spirituality, Tibetan Buddhism, travel, travel writing, Upaddha Sutta, Vikram Gandhi
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Hitchhiker’s guide to duality
Surely, the man wasn’t going to tear Prem’s arm out of his socket while he was driving! Even cannibals must have some code of honour, even if they are short on table manners. Continue reading
Posted in epoche, Moving on...., Rose Apple Island
Tagged adventure, aghori, Buddha, bull elephants, cannibalism, crush car, dangerous, Dehradun, elephant, forest, India, monsoon, Rajaji National Park, Rishikesh, Rishikesh-Dehradun highway, River Ganges, saddhu, Sal tree, solo female traveler, spirituality, taxi, travel, travel writing, tuskers, Uttarakhand
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The backstrap
One professor of literature told me that after her mother had died of stomach cancer, she had not been able to cook for three months because the system wouldn’t let her refill her kitchen gas cylinder. She had visited the concerned office six times to appeal, but the clerks kept telling her that her mother needed to come to make the payment. Continue reading
Posted in epoche, Rose Apple Island
Tagged bureaucracy, contract, diplomacy, Gymkhana Club, India, Portugal, travel, Treaty of Windsor
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The Ganga Chronicles – Stone Cold Tigers
Finally finished this rather long short story that I had originally posted in parts. Here all four parts in one. The whole story pizza. Enjoy. Vijay Chaudary was worried about his carbuncle. Three pedicures in the past week alone, and there it … Continue reading
Posted in epoche, Kashi, Rose Apple Island
Tagged Asia, bacteriophage, boatman, burning ghats, Ganges, Georgia, India, kashi, River Ganges, short story, travel, Varanasi
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