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Sat, 20 Apr 2013 | By steve_and_emma | Views [1673]
Against the odds, considering Ranchi’s aversion to foreigners, by 10am we’d checked out of our hotel, scoffed a good breakfast and were in a private car embarking on a mini trip. The travel agent mentioned in the Lonely Planet actually ... Read more >
Sat, 20 Apr 2013 | By mirandita | Views [556] | Comments [1]
Fernando is feverish, literally, so between rinsing cold cloths and general nursing administrations, I have the perfect opportunity to write about our time in Rishikesh!
We stayed the whole time in the part of town centred around the Ganges and slowed ... Read more >
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Sat, 20 Apr 2013 | By scintillating | Views [905] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
Robert Stevenson once said, “There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is a foreigner.’ That sip of beer instantly ravished my thoughts and suddenly made me more intoxicated, the breeze was tantalizing and the waves seemed livelier. Goa, ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By karinemm | Views [279] | Scholarship Entry
Its easy to forget that the reality we eat, sleep, breathe, taste and touch every waking moment is just a speck amongst the infinite universes that exist for every single person. Culture changes the lens through which we see the world, and what constitutes ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By thomherzmark | Views [633] | Scholarship Entry
The city of Hyderabad is home to 6 million people. Exploring the city’s culinary heritage reveals impressive cultural diversity and opens a window onto the values and identities of Hyderabadi folk today. A typical breakfast comprises idli (steamed rice ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By solitaryreaperwrites | Views [599] | Scholarship Entry
The intensive care ward stands in perfect silence, except for the occasional cooing of a patient. Dr. Ashish Singh is busy – head bent at work, he moves from patient to patient administering them their daily dose of food, medicines and vitamins. On the ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By ab372 | Views [219] | Scholarship Entry
She and I are set apart by the freedom of choice. It is an observation that startles me, made in her broken English, as she crouches over the two-burner gas stove on the floor in the corner of the room. Her belly, swollen by her first baby, is starting ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By loback | Views [283] | Scholarship Entry
The door creaks. There is a gentle patter followed by a ‘swoosh.’ I open my tired eyes to the sight of the maid dusting the headboard as we sleep. She looks beautiful in her bright-pink-and-yellow saree. Still I am thoroughly annoyed for her disturbing ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By forestbattle | Views [1331] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
Vapours from the brimming bowl of Tengtuk soup placed in front of me add moisture to the humid air in the six-table teashop. I adjust my knees so they aren’t bumping against the underside of the low Indian table, casting broth onto yellowed vinyl. “Tuchayjay”, ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By gaurang | Views [194] | Scholarship Entry
‘Why are the people rocking the palanquin?’ I ask. ‘It’s not them. That is the deity rocking on its own,’ he says. Mandi, a vibrant little town on the banks of the Beas River in Himachal Pradesh, India, is filled with fascinating tales and legends that ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By herenorthere | Views [298] | Scholarship Entry
My stomach expands and contracts with each breath like clay being moulded on a kiln. Thick air trickles upwards through my nose as though I’m inhaling a cloud. I am aware of the millions of atoms that make my body. These are the same atoms that are on ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By thoughtstorm | Views [200] | Scholarship Entry
The silhouette of the electric pole by the riverside. My first instinct to understand a city is to travel the city the way the locals travel, and in this small town of Ayodhya, people walked. Ayodhya, the town of tales. Mythological tales. Religious ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By sitaphala | Views [198] | Scholarship Entry
Among the more unusual people I have met on my travels, are the Time Travellers. Years ago, ‘at the stroke of the midnight hour’, many Asian countries stargazed into the future. But Time moves in loops in Kolkata. This is a port city with the smelliest ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By abhishekmohanty | Views [412] | Scholarship Entry
Perched on the side of the hill, the British Garrison cemetery was a world removed from the feverish tempo at the Tooth Temple at Kandy. Flanked by woods on three sides, it dropped away on the fourth. As we stood listening to the wind, we sighted a young ... Read more >
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