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 [...]
The no-name blog entry
Posted in Dharamsala, India, traffic, train, travel on 28 September, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I had a really funny title to this entry, but like much of my funniest material it got rejected by The Censor. As a citizen-journalist I consider this an egregious violation of my First Amendment rights, but alas, domestic tranquility must prevail. No doubt my solution will win me loads of points for this weekend.
Seven [...]
Delhi bus system in chaos
Posted in Delhi, bus, planning, traffic on 12 July, 2007 | 1 Comment »
(by Tracy)
There are 3000 ?Blue Line? buses in Delhi which are not owned or operated by the government, but instead by private contractors. They are supposed to be supervised by the government, but not surprisingly, in a country where even the most menial tasks are delegated until there is no one left in the [...]
