I really don’t understand the role of mothers here in India. It must somehow be very different than what I’m used to. I assume that all mothers everywhere love their children. I think there is plenty of evidence of this. The main two ways, it seems to me, that motherly love is expressed are protection [...]
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Indian Mothers
Posted in Culture, Gurgaon, India, driving, traffic, travel on 12 December, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Rickshaw ride to work
Posted in Gurgaon, Rickshaw, driving, traffic, travel on 10 October, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Mrs. WMG had an appointment with the acupuncturist this morning and took the car so I had to catch a rickshaw to work today. A rickshaw is a great way to get around really unless you live in Gurgaon where the dust in the air makes you squint and a layer of grit covers your [...]
India – Clean up your act
Posted in Dharamsala, India, McLeod Ganj, driving, fear, litter, travel on 1 October, 2007 | 13 Comments »
We spent this weekend in Dharamsala, home-in-exile to the Dalai Lama, political and spiritual leader of Tibet. Actually, we stayed in McLeod Ganj, a town just a few kilometres from Dharamsala. McLeod Ganj is a tourist town and frankly we weren’t that crazy about it, but I think I’ll write about that some other [...]
8 amazing things I saw on the way to work today
Posted in India, driving, wonder, work on 26 June, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A recurring theme on this blog is our experiences peering from the windows of our car. It’s not that we don’t get out and walk around at all, but the fact is, in the car we pass by a lot of places and things that we probably won’t see on our walks between our [...]
