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9010 Things That Make Me Proud To Be Indian, 10 That Make Me Sad
India, my wise friend wrote the other day, is a land of contrasts and contradictions. It is a land of peace and war, of love and hate and many other emotions. You can spend a lifetime and be none the wiser in trying to understand India’s vast...
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73Ten Days At Kandbari
This is the first in a series of Hubs on a holiday at Kandbari, a charming, little-known hill station in the North Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Kandbari lays no claim to fame. In fact the vast majority...
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81Sex in the Animal Kingdom or Are Humans the Sexiest of All Species?
Let me be honest. I see no option but to turn to the subject of sex (what else?) to increase readership. Previous attempts at humour, religion, politics, birding, nature and what have you, have met with little...
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78Mimicking Nature
Have you ever wondered how a gecko stays upside down on the ceiling or why a fly seems to know well in advance when you are trying to swat it? Or why locusts that fly in swarms of millions don’t crash into each other? Or how bats are able to fly...
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80The Hillfolk of Kandbari-A Photo Essay
If I had to choose two words that define the ethos of the hillfolk I met during my brief sojourn in Kandbari, they would be simple and contented. This is the fifth in a series of ten Hubs on a holiday in Kandbari. Beauty abounds in the hills of...
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63Kandbari-A Flowerworks Display
This is the second in a series on a holiday at Kandbari in the North Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. This Hub consists of pictures of flowers from the area around Kandbari. The credit for identifying them goes to Sally's Trove. Image Courtesy...
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74Welcome to India
India can be bewildering. Not only for visitors, but also for Indians. Here are a few observations which may help you understand some of the cross-cultural differences and idiosyncrasies that make India...
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85Religion And Politics In India
Some years back, we were living in a mofussil town, very close to the geographical heart of India. Within under- arm stone-throwing distance of our house, was a temple. It was small and unprepossessing, bereft of the usual trappings of religious...
16 comments59Travels in Kenya
To be honest, my life has not seen many, what may be termed momentous changes. One of these came courtesy a small, innocuous ad in the newspaper. Inviting applications for Marketing Managers for East Africa....
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