Through my eyes and words, I want each of you to experience this exotic, ancient country, India, which is standing on the brink of becoming a world power. And having a blog gives me a reason to write for my family, former students, grand-babies, and friends. Writing is to be read, so having readers, comments, and questions to answer will encourage me along the way.
Update
Our four month adventure in India is over, but there are still tales to tell from that far off magical place which seems now only a dream. I want to share the perfect quote from a new blogger friend who understands the trouble I am having articulating my Indian obsession!
“India leaves her mark on her guests in a most haunting compelling and often surprising way. I suspect that even now you are trying to figure out how to get back there!” (A comment response to me from Ninagrandiose’s Blog)
Bingo, Nina!
I have been fortunate to travel pretty extensively through Western and Eastern Europe to Egypt, Ghana, Tunisia, Belize, and Guatemala. So stories from any of these places could pop up anytime. And of course tales from the United States ! You are most welcome to come along for the ride!
anne.t.bell@gmail.com
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It’s fun to be able to share in your journeys this way! 🙂 prayers for safe travels!
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It is fun for me to share this wonderful opportunity!
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Hey Annetbell, just wanted to pop by to thank you for the interest/like on my about me page (brandyedague.com).
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You are most welcome! Namaste. . . Anne
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Wow, those pictures are really cool I miss you
so much Mrs. Bell
❤ –
Jenna Hooper
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Jenna, I am so glad you are reading my blog and enjoying the pictures. India is an amazing place. Write again and often, and be sure to ask questions, if you have some. I miss you, too.
Hugs,
Mrs. B.
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What are you going to do for your birthday??? Love, Aggie
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Ohhh…I’ll have to spend another boring day in India! Poor me…
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I have nominated your blog for a Liebster Award! Details here: http://sarahryan85.wordpress.com/2013/03/21/a-liebster-and-versatile-blogger-award/
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Thank you !
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Hoping to visit India with my mom in the next few weeks! 🙂
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Where are you going, Kate? I think you will love it! Let me know if you need some recommendations. It would be my pleasure.
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My mom has been before (she spent a month working at an orphanage) so she knows more than me… 🙂 no plans just yet, but I think we will travel the north. Will keep you posted and thank you for the kind offer!
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The north has many of the most well known Indian sites. I would say not to miss Veranasi. It is difficult to get to, we had to fly from Delhi, but it is a life changing place! Blessings….
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A friend of mine recently returned from a few months in Chennai. The local KFC at the local mall was the place for celebrating special occasions. He didn’t mention the hearing impaired order takers. I will have to ask him.
Jill
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I would be interested to know about that. I did read that Pepsi and a hotel chain I have forgotten about is also using the hearing and speech impaired. wonderful policy.
Hope it comes to the States.
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Hey Annet, found your blog through Sarah Ryan’s Liebster award nominees. I see you started blogging very recently, it looks very promising! Tine
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Thank you so much Tine. I am loving my time in India.
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Hello annetbell
After reading your blog my passion of travelling came alive and thanks for
keeping alive my passion.
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What wonderful words for a storyteller to read! Traveling does get in your blood and that need just has to be met. Where is the favorite place you have visited?
If you “follow” my blog, you will get automatic notification. . . .By all means, put India on your must see places, and try to stay more than a week! It is magical, and I have visited many wonderful places. . . . . .Namaste. . . . . Anne
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Hello..annebell…i have visited haridwar, rishikesh, In south – chennai, puducherry. rameshwaram, dhanushkodi , goa and many more..
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Of those places that I have visited, they are wonderful. I am getting ready to write about Pondicherry. Check it out! Namaste. . . . .Anne
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What a lovely blog you have Anne…thank you for supporting my blog 🙂 I look forward to following you on your journey ~ Lakshmi x
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We have a mutual admiration society going here! Thank you ! Namaste. . . .. Anne
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Nice reading about you Annet, can you tell me who is the dreaming sub
Thanks for visiting my blog. Be in touch. Browse through the category sections, I feel you may find something of your interest.
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There was a long comment by her/him in your comment list where I wrote. I was touched by the sharing. Thanks . . . .namaste. . . .. Anne
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ok dear I dont get to opem His/her blog it is showing as deleted thank you dear
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Hello – thank you for following my blog. I look forward to learning new things from your future posts. Ray.
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Thanks new blogger friend. There is so much to learn and experience with people from all over the world. I look forward to learning from you ! . . . .Namaste. . . . .. Anne
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Hello Anne, Your blog is gorgeous! thank you for following my blog and in return here I am following yours too. Looking forward to read and see more from your part of the world.
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So glad we can be blogger friends! I am really having fun blogging! Namaste. . . .Anne
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I am delighted to be visiting your blog each
greetings to your success
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Many thanks. Visit again soon and often! Much success to you as we’ll! Nameste. . . . .Anne
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Okay .. 🙂 thank you again
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Hello Anne,
Thanks for having left me such a nice and warm message on my About Page. By the way, here’s my proper About page link :
You did perfectly fine by going to the about page, but that was an error blog I’d created, and am having a bit of a frustrating moment now trying to delete!
It’s a pleasure for me to be following your lovely blog, and I look forward to reading more!
Warm wishes!
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Thank you . I am pretty hopeless with the technology, but I am trying to be a life-long learner. Thank you for your sweet note to me. We are now blogging buddies! Namaste. . .. Anne
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I love your blogs, your photos are very beautiful. I’ll be back… I also have a second blog on old pictures.
piallat.wordpress.com
SENSUALITE | La beauté à l’état pure
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This makes me very happy. I will check out your other blog as well. Have a lovely day and visit me again soon.. . . .. . namaste. . . . .Anne
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Thank you. I follow your blog because I find it interesting. See you soon.
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Thanks so much. I am glad you are enjoying my posts. Namaste. . . .Anne
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Thanks so much for your kind words. They make me happy. I am going to check-out your pictures. Thanks for commenting….namaste. . .. Anne
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I’ve nominated you for the ”Shine on award”
Congrats!
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Oh my goodness..how sweet of you. I just just nominated some blogs for Very Inspiring Blogger Award….and I hope I did the technology correctly. It is such a challenge for me. I appreciate your kind nomination…you brought me sunshine today in site of the technology. Thanks ever so much. .. . . namaste. . . .. Anne
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very-inspiring-blogger-award/. I do not understand. how should I do?
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OK, I will try to help you. Do you know how to COPY and Paste one document on another? If not, I will try to help you . You will copy my document and then paste it on a new post of yours. Then save it. Let me know if you want me to tell you have to copy and paste or if you know how to do that.
Anne
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Copy – paste I know to do, what is the document to be copied?
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I am switching to your email. Check it in a few minutes.
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I sent an email. Did you get it? Please reply to the email and I will try to send you more directions , if you want.
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I love your blog. It brings out the paradox of being Indian. It pulls at the heartstrings. It frustrates; it overwhelms. Yes, India is what you say it is when you look from certain eyes, at a certain angle. It has the promise of being, as you say, a ‘world power’ and the reality of being, as I call it, a ‘spent nation’. But the hope lies in its timely awakening. High time, else there will soon be no India. The situation is quite impossible.
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Oh how beautifully written, your response is. Thank you for accepting my decidedly tourist biased remarks as just what they are. I have no deep understanding of your wonderful country, but I fell in love with it all the same…in spite of the deep rooted problems. I have quite a few Indian friends in the states who get really energized by the lack of progress in their native land. Of course, that was not our perspective. I hope and pray India will survive and thrive. What wonderful spirit they have. I know it is not a good idea to discuss politics, but we were in Ahmedabad and heard mostly positive things about Mr. Modi. I don’t know if you want to comment. . . .. .nameste. . . .Anne
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The same paradox! The Gujaratis are thrilled with Modi because he very smartly fuels their need for Gujarati pride! Did you notice any VISIBLE progress in Ahmedabad though!?
The BJP, to which Modi belongs itself hasn’t accepted him and the 2002 riots where multitudes of muslims died are his lasting contribution.
The formula is simple worldwide – be parochial and regional and you get a constituency. In marketing it is called segmentation.
The same BJP ran an ‘India shining’ campaign – a mirage presented to the world by a starving nation that has little else to look after, besides the stock market, where only 3 per cent of the population invests and that includes politicians!
It took a common enemy in the British to make us unite and decide we are a ‘country’. Now that the British have gone, some of our own people have taken their place, and we are craving for a cause. And unlike the British, these people are also corrupt. Many of my Indian friends will not like my blasting the country to a foreigner like you. But to me patriotism sits decidedly below the truth and I will not have any silly pedagogue take advantage of my emotions.
It’s like Bush making monkeys of Americans by waging war and getting them all excited.
Anne, you really got me going and I thank you for that. Please do not miss reading the ‘Foreword’ and the category ‘Nirbhaya’s December’. That is where the meat of the argument is.
If you get into Twitter, you’ll catch the real Indian mood easily.
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Hello Anne,
It was lovely browsing through your blog ! It is so inspiring/ nourishing/ Indian.
And thank you for visiting mine. I hope u like the pictures 🙂
do u plan to visit India anytime soon? If you should, do drop me a message. It will be so lovely to meet you.
Cheers and Namaste-
G
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I do love your beautiful pictures and your lovely poetry. It seems that many Indians have poetry in their hearts. Thanks for sharing. My husband had told the dean that we would like to come back to India in 2015, so we shall see.I doubt we will come back before that anyway. What a lovely invitation to meet you . I would love it! Let’s keep in touch. I hope you will continue to read my blog, and I will enjoy yours! Namaste. .. . .Anne
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Thank you for your kind words Anne. You’re lovely!
Let us definitely stay in touch. Share your email address/ skype/ facebook with me.
I look forward to meeting you when you’re here in 2015 🙂
Have a lovely day
Geet
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I am most happy to share my email…..anne.t.bell@gmail.com and I hope it works out that we can meet in person. Blessings. . . namaste. . . Anne
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Definitely. Stay connected!
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Oh friend, I am back after an afternoon out. i have read your beautiful, haunting verse. The horrid rape was in the news in December in the States as well. We arrived in Ahmedabad on January 1st. so we were aware of the demonstrations and righteous anger all over the country , and, of course lead by the women..whom as you say were awakened. Such a horrible story of violence against Nirbhaya. And stories later on,. . . I remember three little girls in a village …sisters…raped and thrown into a well. Then that story, too, seemed to disappear. What wonderful work you are doing to keep these precious victims in the news. I pray that whomever is the new leader will take a strong stand to protect women and girls in India.
I thank you for your long and newsy replies. We were award of Modi’s time with the riots in 2002. My husband’s school canceled this program. But we , rather naively, thought that since there had not reoccurred that things were progressing. I certainly don’t want to romanticize India or the situation there as there are clearly serious problems. I hope we can stay in touch and you will read more of my blog, and I will certainly be back to yours.
Blessings. . . ..namaste. . . .Anne
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Somehow I missed reading this particular comment earlier. But we have covered ground on it since then. I mailed you too. . . Will be reading your blog of course and will be in touch too. Namaste, Anne, namaste!
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Thank you for the like on Sleepy Thoughts.
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You are most welcome! Namaste. .. . Anne
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Hey Anne,
Thanks a lot for stopping by and following my blog.
Its real interesting things that you write here. if there is one thing that I have to pick up from your words it will be the one that captured my attention the most- T I I (This is India). Keep going. 🙂
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A Canadian woman told me a story about trying to speak logically with an Indian bureaucrat. When she thought she had clearly made her point, the man raised up and said, “But madam, This Is India!” Pretty well sums it up, right? I adore India! Namaste. . . . ..Anne . . . .. T I I
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haha, yeah it does.
T I I 😀
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Glad I could bring you a chuckle. . . . Namaste. . . Anne 😎
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the problem with india is…as always…you just cant get anything done, period! its a bit like in spain…you go to get a document or something…the man there says “manyana” (tomorrow)..which means basically come again tomorrow!
india is the same, sometimes worse….so frustrating…and when youre just about getting to grips with the system, you have to come back!
and of course, when youre back, the nostalgia kicks in…you keep thinking about india as some wonderful place of palaces, maharajas, bright colours etc….all the frustration is forgotten…!
i go almost every year…and every year is the same…you cannot see all of india in your whole life..!
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We have found that for our American Indian friends who are all very educated…doctors and professors, that they are very impatient with the lack of organization in India. People were surprised that my husband liked India so well. He did get frustrated getting the students registered with the police and the crazy cell phone and internet service.And we have traveled quite a lot over the world. India is not our first developing country. I told him your comment about Spain, and he laughed not remembering any trouble there, but we never lived there. Do you live in Spain?
The place that drives him crazy is Italy!! It is chaos there dealing with bureaucrats and banker etc and my husband says they have no excuse because of their highly organized civilization in the past! Have you been to Italy?
Thanks for liking my ABOUT. I hope you will read and comment more! Namaste. . . Anne
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hi, anne! thanks for your reply..i dont live in spain, thank heavens!
i live in vancouver, BC….but i do travel to india and other countries a lot…
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Thanks for the visit Anne. It’s nice to finally see India from a different perspective. Love your thoughts on it. It’s a very honest view. Keep writing more.
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Thank you for your kind words. I am always a tad nervous about acting as some kind of expert after a four month stay in India. So I try always to say, it is through my eyes and experiences and that is all. I am also amazed that anyone would read what I have to say. Blessings to you . . . namaste. . . Anne
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Hi! I really enjoyed going through your blog. I haven’t been able to read much and have just skimmed through the posts as of now and the one that really caught my attention was ‘Dreamers and Doers’. Being an Indian, there are many things which one doesn’t really take time to think about as they come naturally to us. Your blog presents a unique perspective of many of these things, which I find very fascinating to read. Reading your blog gets me acquainted with an image of India, which I might not have experienced myself. Great to know you enjoyed your time while you visited!
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Oh what a great comment. I am so glad you took a look at my blog and were glad of my perspective. I liked that post on Dreamers and Doers, as well. Indians do what is necessary without a lot of grumbling…very patient , kind, gentle people. Also very smart! Let’s stay in touch! Namaste. . . .Anne
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Hi there ! thanks for deciding to follow my blog too. We Indian lovers must stick together…Four months hmm – a long stay. I shall have to read where you went and see if your visits matched any of mine – this was my fourth (or fifth) I’ve lost count – visit, this last time and so I’ve been to a few places even if not staying long each time. I’ll be posting some more as I have the time but soon off to Scotland so..
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Were all those visits work or pleasure or both? I have been to Scotland and we loved it there. Hope you take wool sweaters. We found it very cold even in August. Loved it though…people are great…food is….questionable…history wonderful. You will have such respect for the hard life the people have lead in the highlands. We stayed in Callender which was half between Glassgow and Edinburgh. We were there for theater street festival in Edinburgh and loved the MacIntosh school and tea room. My husband dragged me to Loch Ness over terrible roads and that crazy Nessie was out of the office…on vacation I told him…grrr1
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I have just made friends with a lovely Indian boy who is working on a MA degree in Edinburgh. Blogging is a blast!
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Namaste Anne,
Really like your blog, and the way you write. Enjoyed Dreamer’s and Do’ers and Holy Cow particularly. After reading your blog just felt like sharing what another traveller long back said of his visit to India.
This is indeed India! the land of dreams and romance, of fabulous wealth and fabulous poverty, of splendor and rags, of palaces and hovels, of tigers and elephants, the cobra and the jungle, the country of a hundred tongues, of many religions and many gods, cradle of the human race, birthplace of human speech, mother of history, grandmother of legend, great-grandmother of tradition, whose yesterdays bear date with the mouldering antiquities of the rest of the nations — the one sole country under the sun that is endowed with an imperishable interest for the inner self consciousness, for lettered and ignorant, wise and fool, rich and poor, the one land that all men desire to see, and having seen once, by even a glimpse, would not give that glimpse for the shows of all the rest of the globe combined. Even now, after the lapse of a year, the delirium of those days in Bombay has not left me, and I hope never will.
Mark Twain, in Following the Equator (1897), Ch. XXXVIII
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This is fabulous! I used it in my blog this morning , of course giving you and Mr. Twain credit! Thanks ever so much! Namaste. . .. Anne
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Dear Annet,
I simply love reading your blog, your presentation style is awesome and you have presented the many hues of my country in an exceptional way. I am nominating you for the Liebster Award. Incase you do not accept rewards, please acknowledge. The details are available in my blog post.
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I nominate you for the prestigious Inner Peace Award and a bouquet of Super Awards, my friend, for the person you are and what you share with the world. Please click on the link below for the details.
http://saminaiqbal27.wordpress.com/2013/07/06/inner-peace-aw…-with-no-rules/
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Samina, I am away from home but will post tonight . What a beautiful post! Congratulations to you for your award, justly deserved! I feel very humbled with you passing this to me. Blessings and peace to you my friend!
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Thank you for such kind words about my blog. You are away from home enjoy and be safe my friend.
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Thanks for missing me! 😎 Namaste. . .. Anne
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Thank you for reading about the Servants of Charity in India. Many young men from India are answering the call to the priesthood and than becoming missionaries to places like the United States, Vietnam and Israel. It is a blessing for them to share the beautiful culture of India in their new lands. I will keep reading your blog.
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That is marvelous news about the missionaries. Sad state of the world when the countries who used to send missionaries to India, now need the refresher course from modern day Indians! God bless you and your work, Anne
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Hello Anne,
Just wanted to suggest that you read my posts today i.e. July 10th. They have links as well to sites like wikipedia. It will answer many questions on Modi and Gujarat. . . .
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This was very informative. Actually, we were in Baroda visiting friends for a weekend. I thought Modi had been cleared by the courts.
Are you pleased with Congress party? Do you support them? Sometimes it comes down to the lessor of two evils. For me, it is encouraging that there have been no further problems since 2002. Thanks for your informative sonnets. Namaste. . . Anne
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The BJP being a communal party leaves us with no choice and so we have to prefer the congress any day. Again Modi and team have started their communal agenda. They are criminals. No we cannot say the courts have cleared him yet. All cases are still on. His aid Madhu Kodnani is in jail and now the latest is the fake encounter of a 19 year old Muslim girl that has made Modi shut up and suddenly vanish from media. He’s going to be in serious trouble. His next contribution will be to polarise Gujaratis and non Gujaratis. The man is deranged. India has a knack of suffering monsters. Anywhere else he would have hanged. There is no comparison between congress and BJP even though I detest dynastic politics.
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I started a comment and lost it on my phone so if this a repeat, I apologize. I thank you for taking time to share all this with a foreigner who has no vote, but does care for India very much. I have heard that Modi has increased the universities from 11 to 42 during his time in office and now Ahmadabad is called the Boston of India! And mostly all the people who praise him, and yes there are bloggers who do as emphatically as you oppose him , say that he is not corrupt and won’t stand for corruption in his government. You seem to dispute that as well. I know he is pro-business and yet there are terrible slums all over Ahmedabad. The problems are so old and deep, it just seems that one has to hold his/her nose and vote for the lessor of two evils. Modi has a record as does congress party. People will have to vote on that.
We are having a strange election in New York City. Two former politicians who resigned in disgrace ( never prosecuted or tried) , are throwing their hats back into the ring. Weiner was caught sending lewd pictures over the internet and Spritzer, who was the governor, was taking a prostitute across state lines and that is a felony. He was not convicted. As a Christian, I believe deeply in repentance, confession and redemption, only God knows their hearts, but it is strange nonetheless. I think that power is corrupting and they somehow think of themselves as above the law. I am thinking about writing a post about these three men.
I know this is way before your time, but you know so much history and politics, did you think Indira Ghandi was good for the country? Namaste. . .Anne
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No she wasn’t good for the country. Not at all. Democratic institutions have been ruined beyond repair during her time. She was blind to her son’s doings and I am talking of Sanjay Gandhi. People who support Modi are either those who support the so called cause of Hinduta, or are looking at trying out the new toy again, or our simply delusional or most often have a very scanty understanding of Indian history and politics. He is trying to fuel non existent Gujarati pride, the ant Muslim diatribe in Hindus and the fanning the greed of corporate India. He will fail while you and I blog over here. Our constitution is supposedly secular. Modi and his ilk should go to Nepal. That’s a Hindu kingdom. This is isn’t. I am Hindu but fortunately love mankind more than anything else. Bloggers will naturally have different opinions but have you notices how the silence is defeating on Modi now and how senior BJP leaders are avoiding the press. If you aren’t even the near unanimous choice in your own party fat chance you have of leading this complex country.
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You know, we got back in New York on May 6th and I have not kept up with Indian politics except for a few thing I have read on blogs. I know you are in India but can you suggest a credible news site for me to access?
OK, I knew that Indira Gandhi was a socialist and I am glad you aren’t. In the end that doesn’t work, too well either. I agree about your last sentence about needing 100% party support. I had always thought the others were just jealous of his rock star image!
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God. Rock stars may not like what you said. You must simply read the online version of times of India Delhi edition.
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LOL…I hope you are too annoyed…I drive my husband crazy, too! He says I should open a Modi for PM office here in New York! I am trying to answer comments. I surely will check the Times of India…Delhi edition. Thanks for your patience. I know this is deadly serious to you …and I appreciate it.
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Ha ha this is too funny. And you are so sweet Anne. I don’t mind at all, please believe me. I love chatting with you. It’s just that I must correct misconceptions. People get fooled easily and politics is my blood. You must never feel you are irritating me or something. I don’t think you can irritate anyone. You are my elder sister from afar. I mean it.
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Phew… I am glad you laughed! Sometimes I am like a dog with a bone….I enjoy talking to you too. Bro….you haven’t known me very long..so don’t promise yet, not to be annoyed! 😎
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Still I promise! I know you do what if you don’t know that I know you!
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I meant I know you so what if you don’t know that I know you
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OK… More later. . . .namaste. . .Anne
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Okay catch you again
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Check out my new post and critique, please.
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haven’t had the time. . . . Will do soon, Anne. By the way, where in the US, are you based?
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My husband and I live in Upstate New York. Nameste. .. . . Anne
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Always enjoy hearing from you , my friend. . . .namaste. . ..Anne
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Why wasn’t anyone jealous of Gandhi except his murderers the Jan Sagh, the parent of the BJP. You are never “jealous” of a leader you want to be led by
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Well, I have seen people jealous, in that they want the attention and power or popularity of another person. Maybe that was an incorrect analogy but it makes sense to me.
I know jealous people don’t want to be led by the person they are jealous of…they want to be that person.
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Yes he might be fine for small people. Small people can be led by small people and can invite jealousy of small people
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I checked t he paper and found a story about a Sunday speech at a University and another appearance . Will keep looking. Need to work on my blog now….namaste…Anne
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Hi Anne, thanks for stopping by my blog, and the like and follow! Will be following yours 🙂
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You are most welcome…..namaste. . . Anne
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Thanks so much for following my blog: http://www.babyboomersandmore.com. I look forward to your posts as I follow your blog!
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Thank you, new blogger friend! Annr
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Hello Annet,
I read through some of your posts and I absolutely loved them! I admire the simple way you write and as an Indian, the “namaste” at the end resonates with me perfectly! I would love to talk to you about your adventures in India. Is it possible that we could connect via. email? My email id is arpanganguli@gmail.com
Regards.
Arpan.
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I have emailed you already. Let me know if you don’t receive it. My writing style is probably influenced by being an teacher in elementary school with 8-9 year olds and or because I am no a great intellect! 😎 I am glad you like my stories from incredible India… I am most sincere and it really pleases me how gracious the Indians have been in reading my impressions. Namaste. . .. Anne
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Hi Anne, Thanks so much for following my photography blog. Hope you are inspired. Will look forward to reading more on your blog.
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Hi Ann,
Thnx,
‘I want each of you to experience this exotic, ancient country, India’ – soooooo good, loved this.
“If we have to have a sustainable world, we need to believe that every civilization has something unique and incredible to offer.”
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That’s great!
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Hey Ann,
I have nominated you for “Quintet of Radiance”: Five Ennobling Awards!
Please find the information on the below link if you choose to accept the award nomination.
Keep inspiring!!
T.I.I.
Prasad
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Dear Anne,
How wonderful it was to have found you…but you found me first 🙂
You are there, treading me through the forgotten paths of my India again,
You are there with the warmth and shine in your expressions,
And you are there because it was meant to be !
I have nominated you for Shine On Award. Please collect it at : http://simplyvegetarian777.wordpress.com/2013/07/22/shine-on-award/
Hugs
Sonal
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Thank you for this. I got the one out today and another one has come in, too. I can see why people say no awards, but I really like to give them! Will do this in a week or of so!
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Sure and I have liberated my nominees from doing so… It is your choice if you want to reciprocate liberally or just put it on your blog 🙂
It is tiring process… Took me half day to get done with mine… But I like it when they come with no rules and restrictions:).
I am going to deliver mine restrictions free 🙂
Sonal
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Hi Anne, Is there an email id at which I might mail you. Just need some information that’s all.
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Anne.t.bell@gmail. com
Silly phone . . . all lower case
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This looks fascinating. Cant wait to hear your perspectives. Where abouts were you in India?
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We were in Ahmedabad for 3 months while the architecture students and professor husband were at Cept University. We went on a two week north trip pretty much to the highlights that everyone visits. I adore Varanasi. Then a two week trip south to lots of Hindu temples….amazing…Kerala and Goa and train back to Ahmedabad. Magical places….love incredible India!
Namaste. . . .Anne
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Nice to meet you Anne..I am from India and I am so delighted to be on your Blog…
Writing about India..Its Places,Culture and Traditions…I am really very very obliged to you.. 🙂
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I am always delighted to have Indian visitors. Please feel free to jump in with your comments and any misconceptions I may have. I loved every minute of my time in incredible India…..well not the Delhi Belly …8-)
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I came across:
http://outofmymindimages.com/2013/07/25/giving-hope/
thanks!
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So glad you did. Glad to have you. Namaste. . . Anne
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And I am very glad you did…thanks for the look and like. Visit again and often.. . . .Namaste. . . .Anne
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Hello and many thanks for finding the time to explore, enjoy (if that is not too strong a word?) and follow my beeseeker meanderings
http://www.beeseeker.wordpress.com.
Your own blog looks intriguing, but – sorry to be so curious, and ignore the nearly-question if you will – but after the four months in India I would love to know where you went next.
Home ?
If so … where is home ?
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After our semester in India, we came back to Upstate New York to our home. We had hoped to go to Istanbul but when there were demonstrations and trouble there this spring, and my husband was pretty tired, we postponed that to hopefully next summer! Where are you from? Namaste. . . .Anne
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The English midlands, little county called Staffordshire.
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Stafforshire looks lovely and peaceful with the forest and river. I love that in your country there are walking paths as access to the pubic right through private property. When my architect and I travel, it is usually urban places to see architecture. I did travel with a woman friend who had lived in Cambridge, but we were mostly in the East. When architect and I drove , we were around the coast and spent several weeks in England, Wales and Scotland. we loved it and the wonderful British hospitality Namaste. . . Anne !
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may have answered my own – impatient – question already.
New York ?
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Yep…just replied to your question. . . . .8-)
Anne
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It is such a pleasure to re-discover one’s country through the fresh perspective of a visitor. Your posts seem like beautiful and sensitive accounts of your time here, and I look forward to browsing through as many as I possibly can.. Thank you so much for leading me here with your comment 🙂
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What an absolutely lovely comment! I hope you enjoy more of my posts, Madhu! Namaste. .. . Anne
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Look forward to seeing more posts and thanks for all your great comments on my own site. Enjoy life, MM 🍀
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My pleasure! Namaste. . . .Anne
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Anne,
You are inspirational in so many ways to me :).
I have nominated you for WordPress family award. I guess this is the season of awards 🙂 but well deserving :).
Please collect it here : http://simplyvegetarian777.wordpress.com/2013/07/31/wordpress-family-award/
Cheers
Sonal
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Oh bless your heart. Listen I already have another nomination for WordPress family nominated by sistasertraline . I can decline yours or do a double one with both nominations. I feel very honored and quite overwhelmed by all these nominations, but I must say I love to encourage others! You are a lovely friend…..thank you …namaste
Anne
I try not to do all these at once as it looks like I am bragging. I was planning to do the Word Press Family one in a week or so. If you have someone else…by all means take mine back! 😎
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No worries… Please go ahead and accept another blogger’s nomination :).
I wanted to show my appreciation.
Cheers
Sonal
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Have you been to hyderabad? That city has a really rich history.
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No, we didn’t get there. We travelled for a month but Incredible India is huge. I think it is south. We hit lots of Hindu temples, Kerla and Goa so the kids have some beach time. Glad you liked the history. I am a retired teacher and never miss the opportunity to “teach!” Thanks for the comment!
Namaste. . … . .Anne
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I always love reading about an outsider’s perspective on India and your blog is a joy to read 🙂 I’m glad you were able to make it to Ahmedabad and enjoy a Gujarati thali. Of course, I’m biased, but as a Gujarati, I love thalis!
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We love hearing for Indian people about my blog. We lived in Ahmedabad for 3 months while my husband and his students were at CEPT studying architecture! then we traveled for one month. We were so lucky to have so much time! Namaste. . . Anne….and I loved the Guuariti food..
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