Archive for Category: "India"
Painful Resolutions in Goa
I exit the bathroom and proceed to the window of the train. My stomach has been feeling funny since I slept for thirty hours straight after New Years in Goa. I’m not sure if it was food poisoning, contaminated water, or pure exhaustion that made me nauseous, rolling around in the bed of my Couch Surfer host. Many cold medicines, sleeping pills, and painkillers later, I’m finally, back on my feet.
Scammed in a Kolkatan Cab
Kolkata’s ubiquitous yellow Ambassador cabs are a convenient option to get where you need to go, and an appealing alternative to the overcrowded metro or the short distance auto rickshaws
A Second Try at Travelling
I went travelling because I felt I needed to redefine myself, to find the essence of my life. I use the term ‘redefine’ intentionally because I had spent the past four years flying high on a wave of confidence, driven by an ambition to succeed and immune to distraction.
Crawling through Construction Sites
Before I started my current NGO job in Mumbai, I worked with another established group called Mumbai Mobile Creches (MMC). MMC is an NGO that caters to people who, because they are migrant workers, are invisible to both their home government and to Mumbai’s. The basic premise of MMC’s work is to provide facilities to the children of those working on construction sites, setting up centres that are baby nurseries, preschools and schools all at once, and often all located in one room.
Cooking with Shashi in Udaipur
Indian cooking may seem overwhelming, what with all the spices that seem to consume a dish. But if you find yourself a little bored of standard restaurant fare, I would highly recommend you take a cooking class.
