by Geoff | Mar 20, 2013 | India
In an earlier post I showed some images from the Indian Christian Cemetery at Nehru Bazar, Pahar Ganj, new Delhi. These earlier images were taken on our arrival in India. After our experiences at the Mela it may be interesting to show images from the same cemetery on... by Geoff | Mar 5, 2013 | India
I am a naked sadhu — a holy man. I live in a cave — away from civilization. I cannot reach out and touch the rest of the world — its people, pleasures and pain. In fact, I do not want to. I have voluntarily exiled myself. I have ash smeared all over my unclothed body.... by Geoff | Mar 4, 2013 | India
Crossing the Goddess was eventless. The pontoon bridge stretched out like a slightly twisting snake, the supporting plastic oval bollards elevating the wooden and metal bridge effortlessly above the brown flow, and the water slipped through the gaps without... by Geoff | Mar 3, 2013 | India
The jeep left the bus station and began threading its way through a maelstrom of colour, activity and noise. Rickshaws, motor bikes, animals and people were dodging each other with long practised skill, as our vehicle incredibly found a path through this moving... by Geoff | Feb 23, 2013 | India
The aphorism “Stranger in a Strange Land’ is no idle description of our experiences in India, especially as Heinlein reportedly originally envisaged the story based on Kipling’s The Jungle Book, with the equivalent of Mowgli being raised on a...