The Viceroy Mysore

... things. &#8220;This facility is a strong example of what Indian ingenuity and hard work can accomplish,&#8221; and &#8220;What an example you have set to your colleagues in the business community,&#8221; she said, her Italian accent surfacing with some words like &#8220;university.&#8221; Her highest compliment was that Infosys had proved that &#8220;an Indian company can not only be world class but also ahead of the world.&#8221;<br><br>Infosys is definitely that company. In ...

... house with a lot of character and a nice garden. As I was taking photographs of the property from the outside, the present occupant, a young Frenchman, came out wondering what was up. When we explained that my Dad was born there more than 80 years ago, he became friendly and invited us in, however we declined, preferring not to intrude upon his privacy.

... not interested in hearing about my family, skip this paragraph. Mamaji's (Mamaji means mother's brother. Mamaji Robinder's mom and my mom's mom were sisters) grandfather came to Kotigiri in 1912. He was a doctor and was working at the Pasteur Institute there as a nutritionist. At the time the area was where the southern Indian maharajas and the English spent their summers. (Snooty Ooty is how it was referred to back then.) With villa names ...

... Matky Bohyne. Peknej vejhled na zakoureny Mysore. Vesel sem taky do kostela.Kdyz sem vychazel, mistni mnich mi prsknul na celo cervenou tecku a rek si vo petku. Tak sem sel s tou teckou do hospody na pivo a este jedno sem si koupil na cestu. Ted sedim tady v nasom hotylku a popijim ten posvecenej mok. Olina sla dolu na vobed. Je tu vynikajici vegetarianska restaurace. Tak mi ...

... doesn't help that my super mega micro fibre tech towel from the future has never been washed, so removing some dirt after a wash is normally canceled out once that is pressed against my flesh. I smelt it the other day and removed it from my face at speed, it kicked like a donkey. Need to get that sorted. So in an effort to mask the smell of the great unwashed that secretes from every pore, I made a purchase at the market of several types of essential oil, they ...

My sister Siva travelled with us throughout South India, and kept a great journal. Here is her guest entry about a passenger train ride. I'm very sorry that Calvin and I do not have her journalistic skills. :) Sometimes in India, in fact most times, it is the journey and not the destination that leaves you with the greatest impressions of the country. And although the journey can be uncomfortable and assaulting to all your senses, there seems to be no ...

... with a family there and they cooked us the most amazing food! Including fish caught outside their house and chicken from their back yard! Talking about food - it has been exquisite! The sea food on the coast is unbelievable and whilst sticking to vegi food in the cities it is still better than any Indian restaurants! We then went to Cochin/Kochin - a busy city but with loads to do. We took a ferry across the harbour to an island ...

... they supposedly bought and how much they apparently paid. Still its all done in a friendly, non threatening way and i was also treated to a showing of how they make the incense sticks. First they mix up a few of the fragrance powders with a little water to produce a paste like substance, then they roll this like dough into a thin line, before they roll the doughy line around the stick and sun dry for a few hours. Interesting stuff. The flower ...

... a large portion of time in Mysore and it's surrounding areas while I studied yoga however at the end of the trip I did get up to the north Delhi, Agra an an obligatory visit to the Taj, and then onto McLeod Gange, and Dharamsala home of the Dalai Lama and large community of Tibetan refugees nestled in the Indian Himalayas. This is Ben's first time both to India and to Mysore. We are agreed on the fact that this is the most different place as a whole that ...

... and random curry side dishes. The fact that they had to import the turkeys should have warned us that they had NO clue how to serve it! There was a big line at the turkey station and the man serving it had a machete. The kind of piece you had was down totally to luck, because he just started from the bottom and worked his way up, hacking off a slice, right through the bone! It was pretty ridiculous because everyone was dressed up and here he is ...