Vishnu in his Narashima avatar

February 9th 2006
I was both alive and unbitten when I surfaced this morning, which I celebrated by having a cold shower. After breakfast I caught an auto to Kamalapuram, the nearby town from which I intended walking back, visiting the southern ruins along the way. I paid a quick visit to the Archaeological Museum in Kamalapuram, which contained a useful 3D model of how Hampi (aka Vijayanagar) must have looked in ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more

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I quit the rat race in 2005, after working as an IT project manager for over a decade. I then travelled around the world for 4 years, a period of my life which is covered by this blog. After finishing my trip, I wrote a book about my dissatisfaction with my career, my reasons for quitting my job, life as a first-time thirtysomething backpacker, and finally the lessons learned from being exposed to experiences and people that I would never have encountered if I'd stayed in my office. The book is called "Out Of Office Male" and is available at all the usual eBook outlets. I took a ... full info

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22nd October 2010

Darryl C
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So long ago
I was searching for a picture of Vishnu for a class and instantly recognised this picture from Hampi which I visited some 30 years ago!

25th April 2011

ranjithkumar
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om narayanaya namah:
om namo narayanaya namah :

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