Posts Tagged ‘Jaipur’
Sleepless in Guntakal – part 2
Part 2 - Of Greedy Eunuchs and Crazy Marwadi Co-passengers: My much deserved state of somnolence was rudely disturbed by the screaming and shouting of one of the fourteen people in the compartment. I thought someone had fallen off, and I woke up with a start, only to notice that this was how they woke each other up. I wish to dear God that [...]
Sleepless in Guntakal – part 1
Meeting the Co-passengers: Indian Railways has, for me, over the years become synonymous with adventures. If they would've introduced frequent train traveller cards with discount offers and such, I'd have been laughing all the way to the bank, or to wherever else these cards were valid. My travel along the Jaipur - Mysore Express via [...]
Mumbai Attacks and Collateral Damage
Two days into the stand-off between our forces and the terrorists, we're an angry bunch of people. The sheer audacity of the acts perpetrated by the terrorists has left many of us rubbing our eyes in disbelief. However, once the reality has set in, and we've become aware of the gravity of the situation, the customary distance we'd tend to keep [...]
