Category Archives: India 2013

Update on events from Trichy to Australia.

Posted on 21 March, 2014 by Michael

It will be some time before Julie gets back to her blog posts, although she does have a lot to say. I will explain what has happened, for those who have been reading this, and have not been connected to … Continue reading →

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Goa Daze

Posted on 24 January, 2014 by Julie Marsh

Sitting on our verandah at Rosario’s Inn, in the shade of the huge mango tree which is host to a fruiting pepper vine, assorted visiting birds and butterflies and its own motionless lizard, we laughed as I read aloud this … Continue reading →

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A Quiet New Year’s Eve at Ashtamudi Lake

Posted on 3 January, 2014 by Julie Marsh

Written to a friend on the morning of New Year’s Eve: “Right now I’m sitting under some coconut palms by a lake in Kerala. We have come here hoping to escape any New Year’s Eve madness, but we’ll be able … Continue reading →

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Mists of Landour

Posted on 25 December, 2013 by Julie Marsh

“Thus shall you think of all this fleeting world A star at dawn, a bubble in a stream..” Diamond Sutra We imagine our destinations before arriving, but that’s just maya, a star at dawn which vanishes with the full light … Continue reading →

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Minor Mishaps in Mussoorie

Posted on 25 December, 2013 by Julie Marsh

* I have realised there may be confusion about Landour/Mussoorie. Landour is the highest part of Mussoorie; a separate village. This is the story of a Julie-and-Michael Landour day, and a series of minor misfortunes, as previously told to my … Continue reading →

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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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Old Delhi, New Delhi Part 2

Posted on 28 October, 2013 by Julie Marsh

No-one wants to take us to Hauz Khas. The auto drivers here each have a well paying, easy business driving passengers between Qubt Minar and the station, where they can pick up a return fare. Finally, after we trudge to … Continue reading →

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