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Folk Tales from the Scotland of India Part 2- Bangalore, India Folk Tales from the Scotland of India Coorg & Bangalore Happy valley and the cottages at Coorg. I just had to see it. After all, the Cauvery River is called the Ganges of the South. And the Ganges is the most awesome and revered river in India. So, when my serious ‘look
Folk Tales from the Scotland of India – Bangalore, India Folk Tales from the Scotland of India Coorg & Bangalore Mist-covered hills of Coorg. Tracking Down the Cauvery The best way to begin for an impatient soul like me was to head first to its very source – Talakaveri, situated atop the Brahmagiri Hills. Densely wooded forests,
The Good, The Bad and The Famous – Dharamsala, India The Good, The Bad and The Famous Dharamsala, India We were spiritually starved and luckily once again on our way to India, to steep ourselves in the Ancient and the Mystical, as our previous trips had skirted this vital aspect, either trekking in the far North or sunbathing in the deep South. T
Open Wide – Travels in India and Pakistan #4: The Taj – India The Taj The one edifice that I absolutely required on my itinerary, despite a fair lack of enthusiasm, was a day at the Taj Mahal in Agra. A token tourist destination, the Taj is nonetheless one of the seven wonders of the world – and for good reason, I found. In my history of India cour
Open Wide – Travels in India and Pakistan #3: The Foreigners: Part I – India The Foreigners: Part I I’ve met such interesting people here. The majority, due to the nature of the area in which I am staying here in Delhi, are foreigners. And you meet them in the strangest ways. (Any descriptions that follow and the qualities of the people described have nothing to d
Open Wide – Travels in India and Pakistan #2: Introducing India – India Introducing India Somehow I forgot I was going to India. My flights were so long; flight one taking me to Moscow, flight two to my final destination, Delhi, that when I got off the second plane, I just wanted to clean myself up before facing a new place. There had been no lights visible from t
Open Wide – Travels in India and Pakistan #6: Food Glorious Food – India Food Glorious Food I admit it. I’m here for the food. Forget culture, forget history, forget music. I came to India to eat. How insensitive. With starving people everywhere, all I’m concerned with is expanding my palate’s reach. Yesterday was probably the pinnacle of my foodi
Open Wide – Travels in India and Pakistan #5: Benares is Burning – India Benares is Burning Morning becomes eclectic Once again I was above, looking down, perched in safety on a dirty balcony of a hospice overlooking the holy Ganges. Below were four sand pits and boats piled high with large logs of chopped wood. In an alleyway to my left, always below
Open Wide – Travels in India and Pakistan #1 – India Open Wide – Travels in India and Pakistan Asia I will leave for India and Pakistan in mid-May. It is most certainly not real for me. I’m not quite nervous, I’m not quite ready, and my head is not quite screwed on tight enough. I am writing this introduction not only for the st
Open Wide – Travels in India and Pakistan #7: Jesus Loves YOU! – India Jesus Loves YOU! India is a country with 13 official languages, a topography that ranges from the Himalaya to the tropical climate of the south to the deserts of Rajasthan. It is a country whose history has faced invasions from the Muslims, encounters with Genghis Khan, Alexander the Great, the
Open Wide – Travels in India and Pakistan #9: Chandigarh – India Chandigarh To continue a previous theme of peeking into the Indian social structure, let me paint you a vignette of one family’s current problems and how they may relate to Indian society. I spent the past four days with Sonia, the woman I met on the plane and Sunny, her husband. For tho
Open Wide – Travels in India and Pakistan #8: India\’s National Pastime – India India’s National Pastime Staying with my friend, A., in a small city in southern India, I finally got a real peek into the private lives of Indian families. Private, however, they are not. India’s national pastime is not, contrary to the opinion of A.’s father, eating; nor is
Open Wide – Travels in India and Pakistan #10: Amritsar – India Amritsar I titled this travelogue “Open Wide” because I wanted to focus on the necessity of keeping an open mind while travelling in foreign cultures. I’ve decided that it should probably be renamed to reflect the reality I am living. I can’t yet decide what its new titl
Open Wide – Travels in India and Pakistan #17: Kicked out of India – India Kicked out of India I am being kicked out of India. All signs point to exit here, on my last day. The animals don’t like me and Mother Nature herself has decided to give me rain as a parting gift… Monsoon rains poured down as I walked the old city of Jaipur. Minding my own business
The Taj Mahal, with a Difference – Aurangabad, India The Taj Mahal, with a Difference Aurangabad not Agra, India The “Poor Man’s Taj” – a full replica of Agra’s Taj Mahal – can be found in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, Western India. The plan was to see the popular Ajantha and Ellora caves, instead Lubn
The Treasures of the Sea Part 2 – Mumbai, India The Treasures of the Sea Mumbai (Bombay), India Bombay, it just blows your mind. I have been away from Mumbai (as this city is now called after the Hindu goddess Mumbadevi) for just two years. When I returned for a brief business trip, I gasped – and it wasn’t just the pollution. T
The Treasures of the Sea – Mumbai, India The Treasures of the Sea Mumbai (Bombay), India The Cave Filled with Treasures Everyone who visits Mumbai hears of and invariably visits the Gateway of India. This 26 metre-high stone gateway was built to commemorate the visit of King George V and Queen Mary to India in 1911. Tourists throng
Me, My Girl, and a Frost Free February #5: Khajuraho-Jaipur-Pushkar-Jaisalmer – India Khajuraho-Jaipur-Pushkar-Jaisalmer October 6, 2002 We had planned to spend only a few days in Khajuraho but a run in with Delhi belly kept us holed up for a week. I split my time equally between the bed and the toilet. Helene was sure I had contracted malaria and when my temperature reached 10
It’s More Than Just a Rock, It’s History – Bangalore, India It’s More Than Just a Rock, It’s History Bangalore, India Kempegowda Tower, in the city of boiled beans. Sitting in an open-air coffee shop, the other day, watching the world go by I found on the back of the menu card, the origin of this city. Way back in 1120AD, a lo
Madness Beyond Marble – Agra, India Madness Beyond Marble Agra, India Agra for me, is a place of madness. First it’s maddening just getting there. Then, vendors and touts accost you at every step – driving you quite crazy. But mainly, Agra is a place of madness because of its history and legends. The Taj Mahal force

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