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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By abolangdy | Views [246] | Scholarship Entry
“250 rupees, and I’ll get you there in 10 minutes.” his voice exuded the confidence of a vulture that stalks its corpse just before swooping in. For a brief moment, Faizal the rickshaw driver could have passed off as the King of Vijaynagara, his feet ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By toynbeeconvector | Views [135] | Scholarship Entry
Darjeeling is a place I never knew existed. I only knew the name as it was carried on countless packets of tea—to sound exotic, or so I thought. At first taste, Darjeeling tea doesn’t conjure the foreign like its name would suggest. Neither does it ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By roadtripper | Views [164] | Scholarship Entry
Trekking on a frozen river at over 11,000 feet of altitude with temperatures ranging between -25 to -15 degree-Celsius is an adventure lover’s dream. This dream can quickly turn into a nightmare if the temperatures get warmer than -10 degree-Celsius ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By laraib | Views [130] | Scholarship Entry
After coming out of the lavish airport in Chennai and being greeted by gusts of hot air at night, I headed towards my destination, a small village seven hours away (as an Indian, I am accustomed to measuring distances in terms of time-of -travel) from ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By dansm | Views [171] | Scholarship Entry
She was short and black with oily black hair except for a few white strands-not the desirable kind I was used to. I remember someone say that she was my only of my mother’s age but I can never agree on that. Nevertheless she was much more interesting.... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By sadiya | Views [153] | Scholarship Entry
The Gateway looked majestic as I stepped out of the cab, shielding my eyes against the glare of the sun. Even in the early hours of the morning, people were wandering in the promenade, gazing at the sea or clicking pictures with the edifice that symbolises ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By nolimits | Views [445] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
I will never forget the day when I went to celebrate Rangali Bihu(A harvest festival)in its purest form in Bihpuria,a village in Assam,India.I went there with a friend of mine,she was a native of that place.Termed as“Goru(Cow)bihu”(the first day of Rongali ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By aneeshawanders | Views [133] | Scholarship Entry
We were meant to have left before sundown, but I'd gone on an inter-tidal walk, and while rushing back, lost my way, got distracted by a beautiful snake and missed my ride. When I finally reached the boat on North Wandoor beach, the sun had sunk low into ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By varadamenon | Views [170] | Scholarship Entry
KALARIPAYATTU The arena was shrouded in darkness, lit only by the flickering light of an array of ghee lamps. We waited in silence. Eventually the Kalaripayattu warriors entered and bowed in front of the deity, their weapons, each other and lastly touched ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By abhishekmohanty | Views [233] | Scholarship Entry
‘How did I end up here?’ He repeated my question, savoring each syllable. The accent with its emphasis on grammar; the neatly ironed shirt and trousers; the flip-flops – all pointed to the archetypal Indian government clerk on a holiday. We sat precariously ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By vrinda | Views [132] | Scholarship Entry
This clearly does not bode well – I am boxed in by a thorny, sparsely vegetated incline I just stumbled down, and a raging five meter wide river ahead. I have Pragya, another trekker, for company. The river is deep, it’s clear enough to see the rocks ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By paulina-katina | Views [99] | Scholarship Entry
The smell of incense, the thankas hanging off the walls, the clicking of the broken fan on the ceiling, the sound of cow hoofs outside. The defined and strong echo of “Om” through the temple. It reached out to you from the outside in and you felt it deeply, ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By tanu_bluetraveller | Views [164] | Scholarship Entry
It had been almost two years since we were staying in that area but had never managed to go up further north.Everybody would gasp and let out cries because they could not believe we had still not seen what everybody would kill to see.We were staying in ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By twitchhiker | Views [130] | Scholarship Entry
I have always wanted to visit Varanasi, it is by all traceable accounts (as far as any city can be traced)around 3,000 years old ,making it one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities on Earth. It is a city sacred to both Hindus and Buddhists (amongst ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By mihaelan | Views [1293] | Comments [2] | Scholarship Entry
Punjab, India, after 10 nights of sleeping in third class trains. ‘Hotel, hotel’, ‘Mister, mister, you want tuktuk?’, the well-known chatter of locals offering their services fills the air. Today our stop is Amritsar. It’s a hot summer afternoon, and ... Read more >
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