From Trivandrum it’s a two-hour drive to Nagercoil, which is just over the border in Tamil Nadu. I was eager to get out of Trivandrum, a clogged and crowded city that’s about 100 degrees every...
Thirvanathapuram, more commonly known as Trivandrum, is nearly on the southern tip of India. It is Kerala’s business capital with booming shopping and many Indian tourists who come south on vacation.
To get to Trivandrum from northwest Tamil...
[Note: This is an older post written on 18 Feb in Jaipur]
On Station Road (below) the busiest restaurants serve the Rajasthani specialty, Dal Batte Churma.
The Dal portion of dal batte churma is of course the...
Before sunrise in Jaisalmer a roadside vendor makes chai.
Later, a delivery of milk. Across rural India milk comes fresh every morning and is always boiled before serving.
Jaisalmer is 600 kilometers west of Jaipur and less...
HYDERABAD: Telugu may have attained classical language status, but very few people will get to read any of its literary texts, if current
translation trends continue. At present, translation of Telugu literary works is taken up...
Above: night traffic, Shyam Nagar, Jaipur, 13 Feb 2009.
To make Rajasthani chai boil half part water, half whole milk with loose black tea and sugar. Pour through a sieve into mugs and serve. For masala chai...
By Avi Kramer on February 7, 2009 in Africa, Asia, East Africa, India, Kenya, Lodging, Photos, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
I'm back in India. Briefly, the trip from Zanzibar overland and sea and lake through Tanzania, into Uganda, and then Mumbai:
Last morning on Zanzibar finished "Morning Before Kenya," a short story set in the States:...
I leave Uganda tomorrow, traveling through Nairobi and Doha, Qatar, and will be back in India early the next morning. Below is another saved post about our stay in Jambiani, the small beach town on Zanzibar's...
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