Our train today rolled toward Darjeeling through the Northeast Indian countryside at a pace somewhere between “slow” and “parked”. As is normally the case on Indian trains, the four doors, two in the front and two in the rear, were left wide open allowing a 180 degree open-air view of life in rural India. My [...]
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Trading Places
Posted in Darjeeling, India, Varanasi, train, travel, wonder on 20 January, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Deepa Mehta wrote and directed a series of films called “Earth”, “Fire” and “Water”. Tonight we watched the last one, Water, a film that was so controversial here in India that violent protests forced her to scrap her plans to film in here and the production was moved to Sri Lanka. The story is about [...]
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 [...]
