Sat - October 8, 2005Traveling ToddlersWhat will life in India be like with a 1.5 and 3
year old child in tow?
Posted at 03:10 AM Read More Sat - December 3, 2005Parks in IndiaIf we were childless travelers, I doubt we'd have
noticed. But since we have two children, one of whom is able to say "I want to
go to the park" until you can't bear it anymore, we've had to brave a couple of
India's parks.
Posted at 01:50 AM Read More The life of Indian studentsOn Thursday I had the opportunity to sit on a
panel that interviewed twenty Indian undergraduates who were finalists in a
program that sends students from developing countries to the U.S. to complete
their degrees.
Posted at 06:37 AM Read More Wed - December 7, 2005Defence Colony and the flatWe're pretty fortunate to be staying in a nice
neighborhood, whatever that means in Delhi, and in a pretty decently appointed
flat. Still, there are some challenges to daily life we don't face at
home.
Posted at 07:33 AM Read More Indians and WesternersIndians certainly have their fair share of
contact with westerners, so why is it that wherever we go people want to touch
our children and take their picture?
Posted at 07:49 AM Read More Sat - December 24, 2005Remembering the TsunamiTomorrow is the one year anniversary of the
tsunami that struck the Indian Ocean last year. India suffered great losses,
mostly in Tamil Nadu and the Andaman Islands (though the population there is
much less than mainland India). But Kerala, even though it's on the western side
of the subcontinent, also experienced damage and loss of life.
Posted at 11:24 PM Read More Tue - December 27, 2005Fish and the SeaIn the part of Kerala where we are living, much
of life revolves around the sea. In the morning the men go out to set their
nets. Women wait on the beach, then carry the day's catch around on their
heads.
Posted at 12:01 AM Read More Thu - January 5, 2006Rural life on the Kerala backwatersThroughout Kerala, education is highly valued. On
the backwaters, this makes for an interesting juxtaposition. Children in neat
uniforms pass fishing nets and half naked men in canoes on their way to school.
In just a couple of hours on a traditional Kerala houseboat (OK, the outboard
motors were not so traditional), we got a small taste of what rural life on the
Kerala backwaters is like.
Posted at 07:48 AM Read More Sat - January 28, 2006Kerala farmingWe've seen a lot of Kerala's fishing industry,
and a little bit of the coconut and coir industry ("industry" in both cases
being used loosely), but during my trip to Plachimada I got my first glimpse of
agriculture. Plachimada is in the foothills of the Western Ghats, the mountain
chain that runs north-south through Southern India, and the main crops are
spices (and tea at higher elevations).
Posted at 05:43 AM Read More Fri - February 10, 2006Reflections on Arabic cultureThere are a few more things about Dubai, or more
generally, Arabic culture, that I feel compelled to write about. One is hijab,
the practice of modest dress by Islamic women. The other is religious cartoons
(which I can safely discuss now that we're back in India).
Posted at 02:54 AM Read More Fri - February 17, 2006BeemapallyTrivandrum's Muslim area, known as Beemapally, is
tucked away from the city center right under the flight path of planes landing
at the Trivandrum airport. Beemapally is defined by two features--its
brilliantly pink (almost bubble gum pink) mosque, and its profusion of shops
selling pirated DVDs.
Posted at 04:04 PM Read More Sun - February 19, 2006H5N1 has arrivedI just received the following email from the U.S.
Embassy in India...
Posted at 07:06 AM Read More Sat - February 25, 2006A few notes on India's quirksPhone bills, travel, queues (again), and
"space."
Posted at 05:20 PM Read More Sun - February 26, 2006Festival seasonWe had our first experience tonight with the
Hindu festival season. On our way to Technopark this afternoon for ice cream, we
saw a truck bringing an elephant into our neighborhood. We asked Rahul what was
going on, and he explained that a local temple was having a parade. Murugan, a
practicing Hindu unlike Rahul (we tease him about this), had the inside scoop.
So in the early evening, with Murugan and Rahul stopping to ask directions, we
were able to track down the parade and Claire and Luc got to touch an
elephant.
Posted at 07:19 AM Read More Fri - March 3, 2006Bush in IndiaA success. That's more or less how Indian papers
(at least the English-language ones), have been describing Bush's visit. They've
also surmised that there was a lot of pressure to strike a nuclear agreement, or
else Bush's visit would have been deemed a faillre.
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