Category Archives: Casual observations

India, the largest democracy in the world

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Kitty Vindaloo

Today is Election Day in our state of Karnataka.  India will soon have a new Prime Minister.  The nationwide results will be known on May 16 but I do not know when the new person will take power. I have … Continue reading →

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All fun and games, it’s not.  We sometimes feel like we were parachuted here with a basic survival kit (a roof over our head) but not much beyond that.  We are not here on vacation, E. has a job to … Continue reading →

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Kitty Vindaloo | 2 Comments

I still snoop from hotel windows, and I am not about to stop.  I love watching life in India, everything seems to happen outside, in the open, for everyone to see.  These are my observations from our room in Hyderabad … Continue reading →

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Kitty Vindaloo | 1 Comment

I tolerate the Vespa a bit more than a month ago.  It’s a nifty tool to visit places that would otherwise be hard to reach.  It is easy to tell the driver “Take us to the Bangalore Palace” but it’s … Continue reading →

Posted on January 19, 2014 by Kitty Vindaloo | Leave a comment

I was peed on!

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Kitty Vindaloo

We went for a walk through the backstreets.  Very back streets, unpaved, dirt roads, full of smiling people.  We hopped on a tuk tuk, gave him the general direction of where we wanted to go, had him drop us off … Continue reading →

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Two bicycles and a pooja

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Kitty Vindaloo

Yeah, we bought bikes.  Cycles as they say here.  A pink one with a front basket for me, and a yellow one with gears for him.  We are giddy!  We refused to go to Decathlon, a French sports equipment store … Continue reading →

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Since we don’t have a house yet, we are living in a hotel for about a month.  On one side of our hotel room, we see this: Not bad if you’re on vacation, but honestly, blahhh…  However, on the other … Continue reading →

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Kitty Vindaloo | Leave a comment

It’s a pretty sweet feeling when a woman at the store doesn’t believe you have only been in the country for 5 days but thinks you have already spent 2 years here!  It warmed my heart.  And that was necessary … Continue reading →

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Kitty Vindaloo | Leave a comment

A primer on driving in India

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Kitty Vindaloo

In India, you drive on the left side of the road.  Most of the time.  Sometimes.  Scratch that. In India, you drive on the left side of the road if there is enough room. Or if nothing big is coming … Continue reading →

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Look a bit closer

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Kitty Vindaloo

We have close to 2500 photos from our trip.  I am looking at them one by one.  Even if some are not technically perfect, they are wonderful memories. While staying at the Taj Falaknuma in Hyderabad, we took pictures of … Continue reading →

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