The Chancery Pavillion Bangalore

... himself by s*ying he cut b*ck on other expenses, like *ssist*nts *nd secret*ries: &#8220;I tr*vel *lone during offici*l trips *nd c*rry my suitc*se *nd lugg*ge myself.&#8221; F*il. <br><br>Mumb*i, Oct 11: Of the 3500 c*ndid*tes contesting the M*h*r*shtr* Assembly election ne*rly 600, or one in six, h*ve crimin*l c*ses pending *g*inst them. A N*tion*l Election W*tch report showed 588 c*ndid*tes *re before crimin*l courts in their ridings *cross the st*te. The report ...

... of work in a new environment that was fresh and exciting, and after hours wandering around I got my last lucky shot, a busy chaiwallah on a delivery as the brilliant late afternoon sunlight streams into the inner market. <br><br>I look forward to taking my camera outside to Bangalore, to Delhi, where in December I&#8217;ll attend a wedding and explore the city with my best mate and Delhi boy Ilango before heading up to Kashmir for Christmas. At least two of my ...

... as a Ninja.....and I came as a Hijra (a transgendered person)...So I dawned a Sari (I paid $2 for it) and some bangles ($1)......and wore some make up and eye shadow.....don't forget the lipstick!!! It was very fun...Sara made her costume out of clothes that were packed, a black scarf, and construction paper!! Very impressive...i know if i am ever stranded somewhere, as long as Sara is with me, I can survive b/c she can make something out of nothing!! i met ...

... in the morning!<br><br>There are many unique sounds to get used to here as well: crows/birds cawing all day and night, explosions coming from the adjacent rock quarry, local music coming from the nearby Hindu temple (starting at 5:30 every morning) and construction work going on much of the day on/around the campus. The earplugs I brought are coming much in handy as I adjust to tuning out these sounds at night.<br><br>There are only four other Westerners here that I've met ...

... a political riding. It&#8217;s home to almost 50,000 people, and is to my eyes at once chaos and brilliance. It is a treat for my photographic eye. It&#8217;s a practical resource, from tailors to chai stands, and it&#8217;s on my way home when I walk from downtown. I love Shivajinagar. Come with me. I like taking friends along. <br><br>There&#8217;s a gray haired Christian man making coffins from rough-hewn planks of wood, fashioning a cross with bright yellow gold ...

... Bangalore was my visit to ISKCON. This is the International Society of Krishna Consciousness (Hare Krishnas). It was quite a large complex. They want to make it kind of like a theme park. They had it set up to receive thousands of people. They took shoes and bags at a well organized check in. They had these marble raised squares that each person in line stepped between. With each step forward, you were supposed to repeat the Hare Krishna mantra (Hare Krishna Hare Krishna ...

... and is expanding at a incredible rate. Grameen Koota that I am visiting now has nearly 150,000 borrowers and plans to expand to 2,000,000 in 2011 - amazing. I am interviewing borrowers (including video interview in some cases) and it is very clear that their lives are dramatically being improved through microcredit. You don't even need to talk to them - you can see it in their radiance and their smiles. Then there are people like my new ...

... Well, I'm getting tired and we are going to head home soon to crash. Teaching is hard! We fall asleep every day after we get home. Then we head out for diner/internet, come home, get ready for bed, and go back to sleep. It is getting hotter hear. But at least we were let in on the Indian magic trick to help get rid of misquites and bed bugs (oh yeah, that "nothing" that was in the house, that didn't inlcude bed bugs, huge-ass roaches, tons of ...

... judgments we had and move towards accepting each other as friends. The Full Half of the Glass As the days passed by and our "GAP Adventure" group kept on zooming through India, I kept on hoping for things to get better, and a few positive experiences did show up. But they were few and far in between and "negative" experiences kept of showing up and all I really wanted is to "get out of here now!" I knew that I was attracting all of this to myself by myself. There are many ...