Tag Archives: India

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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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In a Garden?

Posted on July 7, 2013 by annetbell

A garden is a peaceful place for relaxation, rest, and contemplation.  It can also be a meeting place.  Such it was in a garden, Jallianwala Bagh,  in Amritsar, Punjab on Sunday, April 15, 1919. The day was one of the … Continue reading →

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Mark Twain’s India

Posted on July 5, 2013 by annetbell

“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 … Continue reading →

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What Does Young Egypt Want?

Posted on July 3, 2013 by annetbell

No, I didn’t make a mistake, but thought some parallels could  be drawn between the two countries’ young people. There are certain  similarities in the problems of sorting out the mixture of politics and religion.  The demographics are similar with … Continue reading →

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Cairo. . . .Now. . . . .and Then

Posted on July 1, 2013 by annetbell

As the military helicopters fly over Cairo and the Nile  with waving Egyptian flags in solidarity with the Egyptian people, the  military leadership has given President Morsi forty-eight hours to do something…..either resign or accept the will of the people. … Continue reading →

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