Category: India
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The Kerala Literary Festival
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The Kerala Literary Festival (KLF) was on in Kozhikode while I was in Kerala. So we got an overnight bus from Trivandrum and had two days of KLF sessions and an overnight train back to Trivandrum. The festival is free and all the sessions are in big, open tents on…
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Across India by Train
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I’m not a fan of planes. They are very useful, especially for very long journeys, but I try to avoid them when time and finances allow. I was in Kerala in South India. I wanted to be in Nepal, which is across the northern Indian border. I could fly to…
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Not All Border Posts Are Created Equal
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I learnt a very important lesson recently. And that is that not all border crossing points actually function as crossing points for everyone who might want to cross that border. The particular border crossing in this story is the border between India and Nepal between Jaynagar (in India) and Janakpur…
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Ants
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Apparently, there are about 20 quadrillion ants on the planet, which is about 2.5 million per human. It seems that all 2.5 million of mine have been coming to say hi to me. Quite a lot of them were in Sri Lanka. A number came with me to India. And…
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Memory Lane
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At time of writing, I’m in Kovalam in Kerala in South India. It has been 11 years since I was last here. That’s a very long time! Partly because I discovered Africa and spent some time going there when I could, and partly because Covid put a significant damper on…