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Where’s the kitchen?
Last night was our first in our new home. It’s been a cornucopia of emotions! Sometimes I would look in awe at our garden, with hibiscus, squirrels, palms and unidentified plants. Yet, in the middle of the night I was … Continue reading
Eight years’ salary
I went to settle our bill tonight, or at least the charges we have accrued until now. The people at the front desk had kindly informed me that we were over the allowed limit, and although they trust their customers, … Continue reading
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Tagged A Fine Balance, absolute deprivation, Bangalore, Dominique Lapierre, dumpster, expat, Flash, foreigner, hotel, India, Indian politics, Jeet Thayil, Necropolis, onion, politics, pollution, poverty, price, Rohinton Mistry, Salaam Bombay, Slumdog Millionaire, slums, The City of Joy, tomato, traffic, tuk tuk
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I was peed on!
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
Posted in Casual observations
Tagged Bangalore, bicycle, cat, children, expat, flower, girl, India, jasmine, kid, public urination, tween, village, Whitefield
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Two Americans spotted at the Bannerghatta National Park
“Dear Diary, today we went to Bannerghatta National Park. We saw some tigers, elephants, crocodiles and two Americans. It was great. We have pictures of all of them. The Americans even smiled for the camera.” No kidding, this is probably … Continue reading
Posted in Tourism
Tagged animal photography, Bangalore, Bannerghatta, Bannerghatta National Park, big cat, expat, feline, himalayan bear, India, Jeep, Karnataka, King cobra, leopard, lion, monkey, photography, safari, sloth bear, tiger, tourism, zoo
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The international language of screaming
No no, not me, not yet, I am still cool as a cucumber, enjoying every minute of this amazing country. But I still don’t have a phone. It was supposed to take 2-3 days. It’s been 14 days. It was … Continue reading
Two bicycles and a pooja
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
Immigrants and cookies
Up at 6:30 to be at the immigration office at 7:45. It’s called the Foreign Regional Registration Office or FRRO for short. It takes at least an hour to drive to downtown Bangalore but if you leave early you can … Continue reading
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Tagged Bangalore, bureaucracy, cat, cookies, dosa, drinking water, expat, FRRO, immigration, India, indian food, jeera cookie, water
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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
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
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