Monthly Archives: November 2013

Community, Memory, and a Visit to Sacred Hardwar

Posted on 30 November, 2013 by Julie Marsh

“O Yudhishthira, the spot where Ganga rusheth past, cleaving the foremost of mountains which is frequented by Gandharvas and Yakshas and Rakshasas and Apsaras, and inhabited by hunters, and Kinnaras, is called Gangadwara (Haridwar)”….. The Mahabharata, Vana Parva. This story … Continue reading →

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Firecrackers of Diwali

Posted on 27 November, 2013 by Michael

[It’s time I said a few words, instead of leaving it all up to Julie – so here’s something that has been on my mind about firecrackers in India.] My earliest memory of Diwali fireworks (I didn’t know about Diwali … Continue reading →

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Small Adventures with Rickshaws and Alleyways

Posted on 24 November, 2013 by Julie Marsh

Waking at the Tara Palace Hotel holds many small pleasures. There is this most comfortable of beds, so wide I can barely reach across to Michael, even with my long arms. There are the many dreams I dream here, to … Continue reading →

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The Delhi Crafts Museum, and Other Wonders

Posted on 6 November, 2013 by Julie Marsh

One day we took a rough old autorickshaw, whose driver valiantly battled the poisonous traffic snarl that thrives near the Red Fort (just past our street), and rumbled along to the somewhat more peaceful realms of New Delhi, to the … Continue reading →

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