Category Archives: India

Letter to Opinionated Man

Posted on July 16, 2013 by annetbell

Dear Opinionated Man: Just a quick note to thank you for your help on blogging in your eBook, HarsH ReaLiTy, I have to tell you that I bought it mainly because I was interested in your Adoption Story, which was … Continue reading →

Posted in India | Tagged blogging, eBooks, HarsH ReaLiTy, Opinionated Man, Poetic Me, successful blogging, thank you | 13 Comments

Dogs and Rabbits Behaving Strangely

Posted on July 16, 2013 by annetbell

Picture by Ambika Sambasivan, Yali Books, 2013 If you look closely at these pictures, you see a most astonishing scene. . . .a rabbit chasing a dog. This is what Sultan Ahmed Shah saw while he was resting on the … Continue reading →

Posted in India | Tagged 2011, Ahmedabad, animals, art, Best City in which to live, Bhadra Gate, blogging, history, India, legend, paintings, Sultan Ahmed Shah, The Pols, trading crossroads | 70 Comments

Sarkhej Roza

Posted on July 15, 2013 by annetbell

Sarkhej Roza is a magnificent complex built on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. It is composed of a modest, but graceful old mosque, a library, a lake, gardens and palace ruins. It was built by the city’s founding monarch as a … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, India | Tagged architecture, children, families, India, Islam, mosque, pictures, Sarkhej Roza, sufi, travel | 9 Comments

Beautiful Blue Bird

Posted on July 14, 2013 by annetbell

Could there be a more perfect bird for the National Bird of India, all dressed, not in a brightly colored sari, but metallic blue with tail feathers to match, all opening into a lovely fan? These peafowls are native to … Continue reading →

Posted in India | Tagged birds, blogging, film, India, Midnight Express, National Bird of India, peacocks and peahens, Southeast Asia, travel | 22 Comments

Shopping . . . . .IKEA . . . . Eileen Fisher. . .

Posted on July 13, 2013 by annetbell

Yesterday, we made a run to Paramus New, Jersey to the nearest IKEA. David wanted some lights and I went along for the ride. I had a wonderful surprise on the way home! This is a partial reblog. … Continue reading →

Posted in India | Tagged affordable, blog, business, design, entrepreneurs, furniture, IKEA, India, jobs, location, middle class, storage systems, travel, Y | 11 Comments

Protecting the Powerless

Posted on July 12, 2013 by annetbell

” No reform is possible unless some of the educated and the rich voluntarily accept the status of the poor. . . . .and instead of taking avoidable hardships, discourtesies and injustice as a matter of course, fight for their … Continue reading →

Posted in India | Tagged blog, CNN, do what we can, feeding the poor, Heroes, India, inspiration, least among us, Mahatma Gandhi, schools for slum kids, shelter for prostitutes' children, slum | 7 Comments

Three Flawed Politicians

Posted on July 10, 2013 by annetbell

For those who have gotten past the title……thanks. This year there are two very unusual races in New York City. Former Governor Eliot Spitzer has just thrown his hat in the ring to run for the Comptroller of the … Continue reading →

Posted in India, Uncategorized | Tagged Christianity, elections, flawed candidates, forgiveness, India, Mr. Modi, Mr. Spitzer, Mr. Weiner, New York City, redemption, repentence, vote | 4 Comments

Liebster Award I am grateful to Sangeeta of lifeisavacation.wordpress.com for nominating me for the Liebster Award. She has also been appreciating my posts over the weeks, is very encouraging, and is one of my new Indian friends. I am … Continue reading →

Posted on July 8, 2013 by annetbell | 14 Comments

Skaneateles

Posted on July 8, 2013 by annetbell

Now for my “English as a Second Language ” readers the title must be quite a shock! The Dutch settled in New York, maybe it is Dutch. Nope, it is Onondaga Native … Continue reading →

Posted in India | Tagged Bass Pro Shop, Duck Commanders, ducks, fish, geese, grandchildren, lake, New York, Skaneateles, travel | 5 Comments

I’m thinking for you.

Posted on July 8, 2013 by annetbell

Today, I am thinking of both India and Egypt. Honestly, I had no idea that President Obama had written this. Namaste

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