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Day 4 Kolkata Test Match
... to the bicycles of salesmen who pedalled off in all directions. Further into the market was a fishmonger whose wares were piled on the pavement to be weighed out on a primitive balance for sale to passers by. The experience has confirmed to Martin the wisdom of his decision to be non-meat eating on this trip. He even did not attack the morning hard-boiled eggs with his customary zeal. The defining day of the test match. India wrapped ...
Cricket
... wird mir ehrlich gesagt schon ein bisschen anders… Die Leiche war in Tuecher gehuellt und das, so musste ich einsehen, waere wohl nicht gerade eine Hundebestattung… Indien – ich denke, ich bin angekommen. Noch immer etwas irritiert, erreichen wir dann den Bahnhof und wenngleich er gross ist, kommt er mir doch nicht so fremd vor wie andere Teile der Stadt. Die Zuege scheinen unendlich lang und viele Menschen sind auch vor Ort, aber alles in allem ist es ...
The End of 2011
... how we need to improve in this music to really do it justice. No doubt there will be many more situations, experiences and concerts to come, all of which will only continue to help us along this path of learning Indian Classical music and performing on the Raga road.
With all good things there must be a balance, and we found some balance to our intensive music study through a couple different facets ...
The City of Joy-Kolkata-Part 2
Enjoying our time in Kolkata very much, its nice that we have 9 days here and don't have to rush as we decided not to go to Sikkim, we had an extra few days up our sleeve to get to know this place.
Today we visited Kali Temple in Kalighat, Kolkata's holiest spot for Hindus, area was packed with worshippers, outside the temple goats were ritually being beheaded to honour the ever demanding goddess, this was difficult to watch and the smell terribly ...
Tour Guide Wars
... foreigners.(ref:my water bottle in Lucknow.)
Then, just as I was about to get on the plane, a.woman from Kingfisher Airlines, the mob I was traveling with, approached me and told me that they were overbooked for the flight and would I mind giving up my seat for a VVIP and his partner and take a later flight. You can imagine my reply. It seemed they had managed to get the person in the next seat to give up his seat, as
when I got on the plane I found the VIP talking loudly ...
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