Destination: India

A Local Encounter that Changed my Perspective - Death and Paradise

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 | By cecilyrose | Views [229] | Scholarship Entry

One day we were sitting on a cool mountaintop, gazing out on a lush panorama, and the next we saw a man dying on a baking floor. India is like that. The bus from Kodaikanal to Tanjore took eight hours, and it seemed like another continent. Beautiful, ... Read more >

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Coming Up with Plan D in Darjeeling

Tue, 9 Apr 2013 | By steve_and_emma | Views [539]

The first jeep Yuksom to Jarethong only included one barfing bairn and the second jeep from Jarethong to Darjeeling was mercifully vomit free!  Jarethong has a very well organised jeep park where we popped to the loo, grabbed some short-eats for ... Read more >

Sharing Stories - A Glimpse into Another's Life - Homestay with an Angel

Mon, 8 Apr 2013 | By hollybyrne | Views [219] | Scholarship Entry

We were almost half way across the cornfield when the rain came. In December, this weather wasn’t unusual. As our pace picked up, my ears were filled with the squelching sounds of our thongs in the mud, and the girlish screams of the three behind me. ... Read more >

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Photos: Gokarna, Karnataka

Sun, 7 Apr 2013 | By paulpiorun | Photo Gallery

Gokarna, Karnataka

Sun, 7 Apr 2013 | By paulpiorun | Views [1289] | Comments [1]

DELHI BELLY STRIKES! (Prematurely I may add since we haven't arrived there yet) but yeah, errr through the eye of a needle for 3 days ... I'll say no more.  Other than that little problem Gokarna was lovely athough a bit on the quiet side. As per ... Read more >

Tags: beaches, cows

Photos: Seeking Snowy Peaks in Sikkim

Sun, 7 Apr 2013 | By steve_and_emma | Photo Gallery

Seeking Snowy Peaks in Sikkim

Sun, 7 Apr 2013 | By steve_and_emma | Views [842]

Our 7am jeep to Yuksom set off pretty much on time and initially we had plenty of space.  It wasn’t long before there were 4 of us sharing the back seat.  Being slightly squashed in meant you didn’t get thrown around so much as ... Read more >

Sharing Stories - A Glimpse into Another's Life - The ballads of a Bhopa

Sun, 7 Apr 2013 | By the_storyteller | Views [213] | Scholarship Entry

“Ram Pratap is gone Master Sahib. There’s nothing left for us anymore.” Her voice did not quiver with emotion. She said it matter-of-factly - her son was gone and she had lost him to a camel. The camel had held him by the neck and tossed him to the ground, ... Read more >

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Sharing Stories - A Glimpse into Another's Life - Experiencing Innocence..

Sat, 6 Apr 2013 | By amitabha | Views [319] | Scholarship Entry

A glimpse into another's life is a major part while we travel to different places around the world.We touch lives of many people,and unknowingly we realize ,at least I did,that nature made us all similar around the globe. But having said that I also ... Read more >

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WHAT THE HELL

Fri, 5 Apr 2013 | By mirandita | Views [401]

The Real love I always keep a secret.   All my words Are sung outside Her window,   For when She lets me in I take a thousand oaths of silence.   But, Then She says,   O, then God says,  ... Read more >

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Photos: Palolem, Goa

Fri, 5 Apr 2013 | By paulpiorun | Photo Gallery

Palolem, Goa

Fri, 5 Apr 2013 | By paulpiorun | Views [859]

So, after 3 nights in Mumbai it was time to head to Palolem, Goa. The overnight train was eventful to say the least. First of all it was delayed then shortly after leaving Mumbai we stopped off and about a million local people piled onto the ... Read more >

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A Local Encounter that Changed my Perspective - Kochumon

Thu, 4 Apr 2013 | By ajayjacob | Views [378] | Scholarship Entry

"There are lambs at my place, you can take photos of them also", was the first thing he said when he spotted me photographing the fields surrounding my uncle’s house. It was only the second day of my trip to Kerala, India’s southernmost state, and I had ... Read more >

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25 Hours to Gangtok

Thu, 4 Apr 2013 | By steve_and_emma | Views [588]

This latest epic journey, and in fact our longest non-stop, started with it taking an hour just to reach Kathmandu’s outskirts.  We had to pull into a couple of places to collect more passengers and in between time we crawled and stuttered ... Read more >

Sharing Stories - A Glimpse into Another's Life - Rise Inwards & Shine Outwards

Tue, 2 Apr 2013 | By puneetotal | Views [200] | Scholarship Entry

I don’t know why but that day my mind strongly urged me that I should go ahead and converse with this humble monk. As I walked toward him at a snail's pace, he actually turned his head. I paused at the foot of his step and with a humble smile he said ... Read more >

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