dreamy your blogs are totally dreamy. How lovely to read about a warm, mystical place from my log cabin deep in the Canadian winter. Your trip is sounding better and better. The burning pyres on the river must have been so profound. Great pictures too! You look so happy. Miss you!!
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My friend recommended this blog of yours. I am fascinated by your experiences and the narrative put forth int he blog. I am truly looking at Indian from a Westerners prespective.
My parents are from Varanasi but my dad migrated to Bombay in 1974 because of the economic boom. Just like people migrated to London from towns in England and then to US.
In the process of migration that was the first stage of losing the culture even though it was emigration..
I am the second offspring of my dad and I moved to US just like Europeans did in 1800s. In the process of second migration, I have lost it all. I am now based out of Little Rock, Arkansas. This is termed as the bible belt of United states. I really enjoy this place. I grew up in a catholic school in Bombay and migrating to Little Rock was an experience.Even though I moved to Dallas first, before coming to Little Rock.
After reading your blog on Varanasi, it seems like we have criss crossed latitude and longitude intersection on the globe. Facinating tubular migration in 21st century.. World is truly coming to a unified global village...
I lobe your blogs:-) Keep writing.. Interesting to get a view of India from a Western perspective.
ahhh melon! Dear dear Mariellen,
how lovely to wake up and read your blog entry - journey of the heart indeed! I'm very happy for you...keep posting.
love from me to you...
ok now i am jealous!! I envy you for sleeping under the moonless starry nights in Rajasthan! I wonder if i can come down there with my three teenage kids and our telescope..for march Break! lol
Your wonderful India writings Mariellen, I am writing to say how much I'm enjoying your India blogs. Your love for the country sure comes through, and I can almost hear/smell/see what you're describing.
I am glad to see your photos illustrating the stories. What a terrific combination.
Lisa
Wow Jaislamer looks amazing. Wish I could time travel and join you there for a few days or weeks. Snow is finally melting here.
Jack talked about you and Sydney in the bath tub the other night. Said he was going to visit you. I told him you were in India and you got there by an airplane, he seemed very impressed but wondered what happened to Sydney. I think he is really taken with Sydney.
Well enjoy the rest of your travels... Your pictures are amazing.
xoxo
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Sensitive and compassionate This piece reflects a tremendous understanding and patience for our country,India, through foreign eyes.Truly appreciated by an Indian.
Sensitive and compassionate This piece reflects a tremendous understanding and patience for our country,India, through foreign eyes.Truly appreciated by an Indian.
LAWRENCE Yes, it's true, Lawrence of Arabia did cross my mind... but this desert, this culture, is not Arab. These people are Hindu, and Indian. So for me, it's the best of all possible combinations. I am seriously considering staying in Jaisalmer, or riding off into the great Thar desert in a camel caravan .....
sufi music Mariellen,
Many thanks for sharing your beautiful thoughts about Rajasthan...Sufi music is mesmerizing and sometimes haunting..the Kawalis can go on and on all night... i remember listening to some sufi music on my honeymoon in Lake Palace.. the music was magical...and still brings goosebumps on my skin ... after 19 years...hmmm
Enjoy India and keep on sharing with us with this wonderful medium ...the web
Arun
This might be the first blog entry where i was really freakin' jealous for not being there with you...riding a camel in the deset!
Just like Lawence of Arabia....only perhaps less dandyish..
india x 3 Travel safe and keep your heart and mind open for the opportunities that present themselves. Can't wait to hear all about it.
By the way, I received an award for best family travel feature for my Switzerland story from Travel Media Association of Canada. Wow!
village of dreams It was really great to see my villages pics on net . these r so beautiful that i dont have words to express.....
When u r next planning to visit the heaven on earth (raiwala village)
Wonderful photos of an amazing place. I've recently just returned from my third trip to India (and struggling to get organised about the blogs!) It's such an amazing country and I wish I could have longer to explore it. I look forward to seeing more of your blogs as it looks like you will be travelling to areas I haven't as yet been lucky enough to see. Enjoy your travels.
from raiwala I myself is from Raiwala village(india) and each word said is so true that i feel very proud u visited our village to carry good memories with u.thanks a lot
I am a permanent resident of Raiwala village who is working as a teacher in Raiwala....It was fun to seemy own village photographs on net and especially seeing the village by your eyes is a wonderful experience...........thankyou so much for your precious words
Scandal Point Hi, I'm a college student specialising in colonial Indian history and I came across your page while searching for pictures of Shimla. You might have already found this out by now, but "Scandal Point" is so named because upper-class British ladies loved to congregate here at sunset and gossip about the recent goings-on around the hill station (most of it was indeed scandalous). Just a bit of info in case you wanted to know. Great blog and wonderful descriptions!
i've been there, in fact i came back from the ashram like 2 weeks ago... it is heaven on earth... it is, i just can't wait to go back... i've found my home.
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I began planning to go to India in January 2005, during yoga teacher training in Toronto, and left for my first six-month trip on December 4, 2005. I have been back five times since then, for a total of 14 months in India ... so far ...
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dreamy
your blogs are totally dreamy. How lovely to read about a warm, mystical place from my log cabin deep in the Canadian winter. Your trip is sounding better and better. The burning pyres on the river must have been so profound. Great pictures too! You look so happy. Miss you!!