Shilton Royale Bangalore

... are only ever two reasons someone would take a bus between two cities rather than a train. The first reason is that there isn't a simple, straightforward train route between the two cities. Secondly, and most commonly, because you didn't know you were going to leave until that morning, and by the time you got round to booking a sleeper train, all the seats were full. The reason why trains are so preferable is because of the relative comfort and speed of travelling at 90mph on straight ...

We took a cab 3 hours south back to old Goa. We stayed on a beach named Bogmalu near the Goa Airport. We walked the beach, watched sunset, and readied ourselves for an early departure the next morning. We were to board a Kingfisher Airlines flight to Cochin, in Kerala state. We could not get a direct flight so we had to make the connection in Bangalore, then fly on to Cochin.

We were up at 6:00 AM and found a cab (Hotel had failed to call on at our ...

Warning: This story contains extremely graphic content.
___________________________________ _________

Tippu Sultan was born 259 years ago but his life still inspires millions of Indians. The “Tiger of Mysore” was the last great precolonial ruler of south India and fought the British conquest. Though he ruled from sumptuous palaces in Mysore and Bangalore, Tippu Sultan was born in Devanahalli, a fortress town 35 kilometres south of Bangalore, Karnataka’ ...

... laugh with his amazing ability to strip his bike. I wondered if he will know his wife the way he knows his bike. Jokes apart, I personally feel a motorcycle functions entirely in accordance with the laws of reason, and a study of the art of motorcycle maintenance is really a miniature study of the art of rationality itself. Good going brother and thanks for the entertainment. Demi moore in the movie’ Stripe ...

Infant Snatched

Lucknow, Nov 20: A newborn was stolen from a government hospital in Uttar Pradesh. Kamini had given birth and while she was recuperating an unknown woman took the infant on the pretext of showing it to the doctor, police said. When the woman did not return family members contacted police, who have yet to catch the perp.

Suspicious Swamis

Hubli, Nov 15: Shankarananda Adwait Swami, a renowned astrologer, died of severe injuries when the van in ...

... waiting for the van, beggars started coming up to us. Ian Correa had a cool way of handling this. He said he gives money to people who appear to really have disabilities or are too old to work. If a young man comes up to him begging for money who appears to be healthy and able to work, he encourages them to work. So I quickly adopted that and encouraged my family to do the same.

... the day in Indian consumer culture MUST be closed. It brings poor luck upon a business if the last client of the day walks away having pruchased nothing. Mike and I are a threat, with our long-winded conference on which ring goes better with what stone; the salesman is agitated. Alas, we walk away, and not on good terms. Mike really loved that last ring, but the salesman shot himself in the foot in his effort to close the deal. He knocked the ring back to ...

... also very young-money. I saw a man with long hair, which was the first time in India, so obviously this place is a den of freaks. I'm still having trouble getting pics to upload. It will require some time, which means I'll have to find an air-con net cafe - this one isn't!! - before I can sort that out. And then, hopefully, it will work. Food: just had a Northern Indian thali ...

... conducted in English but side conversations no always. And they have the same problems and frustrations that we do. Today is a classic example. I've not been able to get too much done due to their internet being down (I'm actually writing this in a Word file and I'll copy and paste later from the apartment). Yesterday we had a few problems with latency and connectivity... Ah the joys of electronic dependencies. I haven't taken any ...

... avoid. It is amazing the amount of construction going on. So many buildings are being built, all in various stages of completion -- so many that it just appears that they get them partially started and then stop. A person from India told me that they are prevented from using most heavy equipment during construction, which keeps huge numbers of workers employed.