Tag Archives: India

I started teaching remedial English in a school in Koramangala. The kids are about 12-15 years old.  It isn’t always fun but kids do say the darnest things. I am white.  Yep.  White and blonde with long hair down to … Continue reading →

Posted on May 20, 2014 by Kitty Vindaloo | 1 Comment

Six months and a guest post

Posted on April 19, 2014 by Kitty Vindaloo

Six months ago today, we landed, not on the Moon, but in India, which is about the same for an American!  We were in completely unchartered territory, but with the help of some amazing people, first at the Taj Vivanta … Continue reading →

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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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Our big cat is getting fat.  She wasn’t small to begin with and even had to go on a diet before boarding the plane since “(cat+carrier)<18 pounds”, or we couldn’t take her as carry on.  But she slowly packed those … Continue reading →

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Kitty Vindaloo | Leave a comment

Dubai is the opposite of India. Dubai is clean. Dubai is rich. Oh, so rich.  A 800 Series BMW is a taxi, a poor man’s car.  A Lamborghini starts to show your true rank.  You drive a Porsche?  I am … Continue reading →

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Kitty Vindaloo | Leave a comment

The vinaigrette experiment

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Kitty Vindaloo

For my birthday this year, I decided to treat myself to a rejuvenation session. The next decade is fast approaching and it’s time to, as Cher sings, turn back ti-i-i-me. Our driver had hinted several times at an ayurvedic spa … 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

Where on earth are the 10-rupee bills?  And the 20-rupee bills?  Why is it that nobody ever has change in this country?  How come at the end of a day, the shopkeepers are not flooded with small change? The coconut … Continue reading →

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Kitty Vindaloo | 1 Comment

We live off the tourists’ beaten path.  Nobody who’s traveled to India for fun comes back saying: “I went to Bangalore, man, that was so rad…”  Ok, I may be using some old hippy stereotype here, and I don’t think … Continue reading →

Posted on March 10, 2014 by Kitty Vindaloo | 2 Comments

One of the good things about India is that when you run out of things to blog about, poof, something new and adventurous happens.  As you can guess, we had to go to the hospital this afternoon.  In a battle … Continue reading →

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Kitty Vindaloo | 2 Comments