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Indians on India
Read what Indians and the Indian media are saying about their country.

Indian Music
List of music by Indian musicians.

News Bytes
Posted by Ted, 14 July 2004
News items and links culled from the Deccan Herald, focusing on crime, corruption, and daily strife Bangaloreans face.

Survival Tips for Living in Bangalore
Posted by Ted, 29 May 04
Reflections after 6 months of living in Bangalore.

Maria's Corner: Late April
Posted by Maria, May 04
Life in Bangalore, India seen through the eyes of a kind and gentle person.

Maria's Corner: Early May
Posted by Maria, 2 May 04
Open displays of religious activity, or the preparations for them, are frequent. I haven’t managed to keep track of the number of festivals, or their significance, since we arrived.



Travel > India

India Slideshows

Bengal, Sikkim India, April 2005

Kerala, India, February 2005

Coorg, India, December 2004

Rajasthan, India, November 2004

Tamil Nadu, India, November 2004

Himalayas, India, September 2004

Karnataka, India (Bangalore, Hampi, coast) Feb-July 2004


Articles & Comments

Boulders and Ruins
Posted by Ted Eugenis, 21 August 2004
Located about 350 km northwest of Bangalore, Hampi is a a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with temples and ruins situated among hills and huge granite boulders. Spectacular. Not to be missed if you visit India.

Holy Smokes: Catholic Easter in Bangalore
Posted by Ted Eugenis, 7 May 2005
Easter in Bangalore, a tableau of the life of Christ - Jesus at eight next to a 33 year old resurrected Jesus - surrounded by smoke, the air thick with the smell of gunpowder and incense. This was Southern India Karnataka kitsch at its spiritual best.

Discipline, Driving and Out of Bangalore
Posted by Maria, 8 August 2004
Most people get a driver but that doesn’t suit our independent style. This has created road rage, induced hilarity and even caused us to run from the cops.

News Bytes
Posted by Ted, 14 July 2004
News items and links culled from the Deccan Herald, a respected daily newspaper, that may give you an inkling about the crime, corruption, and daily strife Bangaloreans face.

Survival Tips for Living in Bangalore
Posted by Ted, 29 May 04
After 6 months of living in Bangalore, my patient, cheerful, turn-the-other-cheek wife has started realizing that many of my rants and raves have at least a modicum of truth to them.

Maria's Corner: Late April
Posted by Maria, May 04
We’re about 4 months into it, and life has returned to normal. We know our way around - at least for the most part - we know where to shop, we found a couple of good restaurants and we are starting to make some friends.

Maria's Corner: Early May
Posted by Maria, 2 May 04
Open displays of religious activity, or the preparations for them, are frequent. I haven’t managed to keep track of the number of festivals, or their significance, since we arrived.

Bang the horn, frequently
Posted by Ted 17 April 04
Election time is just another noise making opportunity for soft-spoken Indians and the subject of this latest diatribe which discusses noise of all sorts.

India’s hi-tech darling, Bangalore
Posted by Ted 3 April 04
This post concentrates on all the things that some Westener travellers with their infatuation -- for all things Indian or Asian with their bullshit filter turned off -- don't tell you. Expect more from me in that vein as well as other posts from my sensitive side.

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