Seeking India

Monday, September 5, 2011

Finding India

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Another day, another flight. But this flight will take me away from the subcontinent which for the last several months, has been my home. ...
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Friday, July 22, 2011

A Segue to Ceylon, continued

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While I was in Colombo, Columbo died . Peter Falk, the actor who played Columbo on a long-running American TV series, died of natural caus...
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

A Segue to Ceylon

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A few weeks ago, I was visiting the somewhat Francophone Indian province of Pondicherry. It is a charming, small city on India's East ...
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

'The Indians are no goddamned good.'

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I've been reading Ramachandra Guha's India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy . The book provides provi...
Wednesday, March 30, 2011

India vs. Pakistan (photo diary)

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To say that India and Pakistan are bitter historic rivals is a bit of an understatement. So it's not a surprise that a cricket World C...
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Bangalore's Explosive Growth

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In India and in the United States, the new census numbers are out. And, while back in my home state we have depressing headlines like these...
Monday, March 21, 2011

An almost perfect park

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Soon after arriving in India, I had a realization. I had to get back into shape. A seemingly endless array of food, from crema catalana ...
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Friday, March 4, 2011

What the hell is going on in this country?

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This question was posed by the justices in a recent majority opinion of the Indian Supreme Court: The Supreme Court (SC) questioned on Thur...
Friday, February 25, 2011

A flight unlike any other

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After so many flights to sundry far-flung corners, the whole experience of flying had become second-nature....get to the airport on time (bu...
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Thursday, February 3, 2011

A Day in the Desert

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When I arrived from Istanbul to the United Arab Emirates, I knew I was closer to India almost as soon as I stepped off the plane into the ai...
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James Shankar
I left behind my life in the US and came to India to get to know my family better and to see what life is about here.
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