Category Archives: India

India, Quotas, Mr. Modi, Gujurat, Patels

Posted on March 2, 2016 by annetbell

Patel demonstration in Amadavad, Gujurat, one million strong. Patel community threatens BJP with poll losses in Gujarat if it can’t have OBC status… as rally turns violent and police resort to teargas. This is the quota method for giving  opportunities … Continue reading →

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Want to Clean Up India and Earn Free Internet?

Posted on March 1, 2016 by annetbell

  Want free Wi-Fi? Clean your surroundings and get free Internet You might remember that I noticed that from 2013 to 2015, trash bins had appeared on the streets of Amdavad.  I also commented that care needed to be taken … Continue reading →

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Snakes in the South of India

Posted on February 29, 2016 by annetbell

Namaste! Jesse lived to tell about this photo taken, I think, in Jaipur either at the Amber Fort or Jantar Mantar.  As brave as Jesse looks with that cobra wrapped around his neck, you need to know that we were … Continue reading →

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Eyewitness Guides

Posted on February 27, 2016 by annetbell

I had an idea this morning that some of you might be interested in the guide books we have used in our travels as this is the time of you might be either planning or dreaming about a destination vacation. … Continue reading →

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“Earth” . . . . film about the partition of India

Posted on February 26, 2016 by annetbell

Studying this  map, it is pretty amazing to see  how much progress India and to some degree Pakistan has made in the 69 years after partition.  After 300 years, Britain finally left two independent nations of India and Pakistan in … Continue reading →

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Horrific News from India

Posted on February 25, 2016 by annetbell

   Thanks Judy for  showing me this story. These horrible crimes against women continue to  happen.  It is important for this news to be heard as a blight on India, the world’s largest democracy.  The Indian government needs to  make … Continue reading →

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Baby Taj

Posted on February 23, 2016 by annetbell

Before leaving Aurangabad and the Ellora Caves,   we had more architecture to visit.  Bibi Ka Maqbara  is the main monument of the city of Aurangabad and is an imitation of the Taj Mahal , as you can see in … Continue reading →

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Real Life Hero

Posted on February 22, 2016 by annetbell

“First you have to learn to take them as your own child. Then you will feel the sorrow and then the strength comes out from you to protect them.” Anuradha Koirala is the Founder and Executive Director of Maiti Nepal. … Continue reading →

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Rock Carved Caves

Posted on February 21, 2016 by annetbell

This amazing architectural site was an addition to the itinerary  with  the second group.  We flew from Mumbai to arrive in the state of Maharashtra. These 34  rock cut  temples  are on the UNESCO list of important ancient sites to … Continue reading →

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People , People Everywhere. . . . . . Urban India

Posted on February 15, 2016 by annetbell

   These high-end apartments on the outskirts of Delhi in a area called Gurgon spring up like mushrooms. Our second  trip when we drove into Delhi, it seemed the number had multiplied.  The weather is  mostly  fine for construction in … Continue reading →

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