2007
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By bluerasberry on 2007-05-25
Nandan and I went to Ayodhya, the birthplace and royal home of Lord Ram. He was actually going to a funeral for a friend’s grandfather, but Ayodhya was nearby. I wanted to join him for both events. Ram is one of the most popular Hindu deities. He was an avatar of Lord Vishnu and the […]
Posted in animal, India, religion | Tagged Ayodhya, death, Hinduism, Islam, monkey
By bluerasberry on 2007-05-18
Miss Krista, an American PhD candidate working on her thesis, has been in the house with us for a couple of days now and she is everything I want Nandan’s houseguests to be. She has research to do, she can tend to all her own needs, and she nows how and when to ask for […]
Posted in India, legal | Tagged bribe, license, megacorp, Mehdiganj
By bluerasberry on 2007-05-15
Dr. Ambedkar sits in Glory Originally uploaded by bluerasberry. …that means “Mayawati has returned.” Today is Tuesday. Mayawati, the Dalit (untouchable) leader of the Bahujan Samaj Party (the swastika elephant party) in Uttar Pradesh came to office as the equivalent of governor in UP on Sunday. This is her second time in that office. For […]
Posted in India, legal | Tagged bribe, capitol, government, Lucknow, otter, park, zoo
By bluerasberry on 2007-05-13
Today in my Hindi copy I wrote sentences in unusual formats like future perfect continuous (“…will have been going”) because I wanted to be comfortable with the grammar. I continually want more and more vocabulary and my memory cannot meet my needs at the rate which would satisfy me. Tonight I go to Lucknow with […]
Posted in education, India, religion | Tagged astrology, Hindi, Hinduism
By bluerasberry on 2007-05-06
My routine is to study alone for about three hours a day and to have lesson with M.N. Upadhyay for about two hours a day. I have a vocabulary which seems large to me and I feel like I can make simple statements about most topic which come to conversation. I can certain tell people […]
Posted in work | Tagged Hindi, logistics
By bluerasberry on 2007-05-03
Just a quick post about side business- I have been coaching Nandan about craigslist and there are two bites, both substantial. One is a girl from Boston coming to Benares to do research for her dissertation. She wants to stay in the room for a month at Rs 3000 rupees. The going rate is Rs […]
Posted in India | Tagged business
By bluerasberry on 2007-05-02
As I was saying, we left Varanasi on Friday. We bribed someone at the train station Rs 40 to get tickets for us from beyond the counter so that we would not have to wait in line. Nandan gave the guy Rs 200 and said that he would be back. Even though he looked like […]
Posted in animal, India, museum, religion | Tagged ghost, giraffe, Islam, Lucknow, palace, peacock, sickness, tiger, zoo
By bluerasberry on 2007-04-29
I went with Nandan to Lucknow last Friday, two days ago. The first time I came here was during that general class 26 hour return from the Punjab – the train passed through. This time I am happier to be here. Let me start by saying some things about the lack of etiquette here in […]
Posted in India | Tagged etiquette, Lucknow
By bluerasberry on 2007-04-25
bovine in store… Originally uploaded by bluerasberry. This is at Godaulia in Varanasi. The animal comes in the store every day and has for years. The proprietor considers this good and has even made the storefront sign with a picture of this animal. It goes out for a while then comes in and just stands […]
Posted in animal, India | Tagged cow, Varanasi
By bluerasberry on 2007-04-24
photo taken from U.A.B.B. Sahib Originally uploaded by bluerasberry. This post will include historical info with my itinerary of my travels around Amritsar with my guide, Nirgun. I stayed at the Udasin Akhara Brahm Boota Sahib. “Udasi” refers to the sect of Sikhs who recognize Guru Nanak’s son Sri Chand as an avatar of Shiv. […]
Posted in India, religion | Tagged Amritsar, gurudwara, history, Sikhism