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Monthly Archives: November 2008

Mumbai to Jaipur

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Even though I have never visited Jaipur before, it is the India I remember…  the wild merry go round of life. Full of friendly touts, and mad streets, blaring horns and sensory overload.  The India that makes one realize that India is not for everyone.  I have many more thoughts to verbalize from the day, but my eyes are [...]

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The Greening of India

Monday, November 3, 2008

Four years ago, the smog in Mumbai was so bad that walking around burned my eyes and wiping my face with a white handkerchief harvested a black crop of ash and dust after a couple of passes across my brow. According to my former student, now professional advertising photographer Amogh Thakur, two years ago the city [...]

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Gateway of India

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Pushing through jetlag, waking up with the sun.  Mumbai is still mostly asleep.  India seems tamer, kinder, and gentler than I remember.  Children run through the pigeons at the gateway of India as the sun rises.  The city slowly comes to life around me…

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