Category Archives: India

Swords Are Drawn to Solve a Disagrement at the Golden Temple

Posted on June 10, 2014 by annetbell

From the Two-Way (NPR) Bill Chappell June 6 ,2014 Last Friday, there was a commemorative ceremony of the 1984 military raid at the Golden Temple that went awry with anger and swords causing  injuries and panic. Two stories  emerged in … Continue reading →

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Lok Sabha election 2014: Big margins show voters were decisive Suryakiran Tiwari 5 Jun 2014  http://www.nitcentral.com http://www.niticentral.com/2014/06/05/lok-sabha-election-2014-how-huge-margins-changed-everything-230737.html This is an article  from my friend who has studied  Indian politics  and elections  extensively. Now I can hear some collective sighs from the readers. … Continue reading →

Posted on June 8, 2014 by annetbell | 4 Comments

Fighting Monkeys

Posted on June 5, 2014 by annetbell

  I loved the monkeys and was always on the look-out in the trees, on the walls , or sitting on car roofs in the city as we walked around.  We never had a bad experience with any of them. … Continue reading →

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Are We Famous Yet?

Posted on June 4, 2014 by annetbell

Originally posted 4/01/13 by ATBell The two episodes of Indian TV on which we had cameo appearances were aired over this weekend. Basically, the first hour or part 1 was on Saturday, and the part 2 on Sunday night. For … Continue reading →

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“Million Dollar Arm ” A Film

Posted on June 3, 2014 by annetbell

“Million Dollar Arm” is a film based on a true story or the audience  would never believe the primace.  An American baseball scout , Jon Hamm from the very popular TV show “Madmen”, goes to India to scout Indian Cricket … Continue reading →

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Co-champion National Spelling Bee Winners

Posted on May 30, 2014 by annetbell

The 87th Scripps Spelling Been finals ended in a tie. All the words were used-up by these two Indian-American teenage boys, Sriram Hathwar and Ansun Sujoe last night in Washington , DC. This is the first time there are co-champions … Continue reading →

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Gujurati Tali

Posted on May 29, 2014 by annetbell

Namaste! I love the hot/sweet tastes of Gujarati cuisine!  Notice the metal dishes.  We have some drinking cups with our name etched on the bottom .  We were told that Indian families take their own dishes to  dinner parties, so … Continue reading →

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Home with Ginger

Posted on May 27, 2014 by annetbell

Home with Ginger  Originally Posted on March 12, 2013 by annetbell Namaste!                Today, I feel frivolous!  Never having had a linear thought in my life, I have decided to take a detour of my stories from … Continue reading →

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“Water” A Film

Posted on May 22, 2014 by annetbell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RewNn2r2P3g     “Water” is a 2005 Canadian film directed by Deepa Mehta and chronicles the lives of widows in India at an ashram in Veranasi.  The story  begins with a eight year old child is widowed and  moved into … Continue reading →

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Veranasi, City of gods

Posted on May 20, 2014 by annetbell

← Are We Famous Yet? Ghandi-ji → A Pilgrimage City…Varanasi We were in a boat at 5AM floating towards the rising sun. We were at the service at the end of the day. We were at the ghats during the day as cattle … Continue reading →

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