Destination: India

Jaipur Diaries

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By ankita | Views [245] | Scholarship Entry

Jaipur happened to me last year. I went to the Jaipur Literature Festival 2014 and was totally blown with the charm of the city. I think if India would be a color palette Jaipur is definitely going to be the brightest color. The pink city would color ... Read more >

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that never lost which doesn't exist

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By a8e | Views [273]

lost though didn't have it seen though it is invisible heard though it couldn't vibrate felt though it doesn't exist lost though didn't have it   -that exist, can see it, can hear it, can feel it, 'though it doesn't'-

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Photos: a8e

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Valuable life lessons from a prostitute

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By lostwanderer | Views [568] | Scholarship Entry

At the young age of 23, when most people had sorted out how their lives should be, I was directionless. Unable to bear the torture at home, I decided to move out. With only `1500($25) in my pocket, I packed my bags and arrived at the Bangalore Railway ... Read more >

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The Royal Pavilion of Hampi

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By pixelvoyages | Views [233] | Scholarship Entry

“Feels like the lost city of Atlantis”, says my daughter. She is right. A large part of Hampi in today’s Karnataka state was lost centuries ago, buried under silt from floods in the Tungabhadra River, till excavations began. Ruins of palaces, exquisitely ... Read more >

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Tracing Gold

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By jpoon | Views [178] | Scholarship Entry

The owner looked at us as we stare intensively at the locked gate above the narrow staircase. This was it, our answer to all the relentless observations of the Gold-Dust Sweepers. We had spent over a week following these Mumbaikars sweeping and scouring ... Read more >

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Diary Extract—Indian Wedding

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By emilyjay | Views [1072] | Scholarship Entry

I stood transfixed. The drums and brass instruments were deafening. Lights blazed from the stage. My nostrils twitched from sandalwood and masala incense. I was oblivious to the many eyes fixed on me, the pale skinned visitor. The round bellies of women ... Read more >

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Magic Flower from Himalayas

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By parsek | Views [173] | Scholarship Entry

I can tell you for sure: we live in a magic world. At times we forget about this. But our dreams can throw us to the other side of the Earth to open our eyes and to show all the splendor of life. Exactly the same thing happened to me. Two years ago I ... Read more >

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The Great Green

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By surabhiwashishth | Views [173] | Scholarship Entry

Starting my daily ritual, plugging in my iPod, I began to run. Recalling a line I had read, I smile. Today, I could relate to it full-well- 'This Is Not Here'. The road unwinding before me, the sun rising in the distance, my eyes fill with tears. I couldn’t ... Read more >

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Serendipity

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By aloksdiaries | Views [169] | Scholarship Entry

It was my maiden trip to Southern India which was also my first solo traveling experience. As my train paced out of the New Delhi railway station, I was leaving behind the despair and anguish caused by an unstable job scenario which had finally yielded ... Read more >

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Sangla to Chitkul

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By shivangi | Views [692] | Comments [36] | Scholarship Entry

It hit me hard. The thought pushed my senses over the cliff, while my feet still struggled to find a grip. My hands grabbed the arms of my rucksack that threatened to topple under the weight of the sleeping bag tied to its side. Chitkul, the last village ... Read more >

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Amar Sons Park

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By penseve | Views [206] | Scholarship Entry

In the hustle and bustle of a metropolitan city, Huffing and puffing, with hurry always in its kitty. Located in the Indian subcontinent is Bombay, a bay A city that sleeps neither at night nor in the day. Amidst all those blinding lights and continuous ... Read more >

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The Roop SIngh Party House

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By jonty | Views [171] | Scholarship Entry

Was the precious, stagnant well water the cause of my irreversible bowel damage? Or was it the unlimited curries, fresh camel milk, sand washed dishes, and the utter soaplessness of it all? No, I thought, it was probably the rum. I was in the Rajasthan ... Read more >

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Luminescence

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By vanyapandey | Views [192] | Scholarship Entry

On the road, the smell of the air changes, languages are a babel -soothingly foreign at times, then strangely jarring.Women have green eyes that tell stories of the desert in one land, and in the next, blue eyed women smile with icy disdain. That's why ... Read more >

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Travelhackingwithmanju

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By travelhacker | Views [123] | Scholarship Entry

What life teaches you in 25 years, Sitanadi condenses and crash teaches the same in eight hours. Gyan in the greens? Just one night at the Sitanadi forest guest house in Chattisgarh enlightens you on a zillion things. That tandoori naans, when left to ... Read more >

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