Archive for February, 2005

Coin . Economy

Thursday, February 17th, 2005

It’s easy to develop the jingle in your pocket even if you start the day out with no chance. By the afternoon my pocket becomes a mixing pot of 1′s, 2′s, 5′s, and occasionally the odd 50 paisa for which I have yet to find a use. They stand out from the larger bills as [...]

India Aboundeth (mass email 4.0)

Sunday, February 13th, 2005

To All Ye Whom I Love: There is some unfinished business out there, and I mean for it to be finished! Namely: some ungrateful students out there have “neglected” their pirate duty, that is, to answer my three questions in due time so as to receive my favouuur, ARGHHH! Before I force those unidentified souls [...]

Calcutta Untouchables

Thursday, February 3rd, 2005

Dogs, untouchables. They limp about, diseased, pock-marked, patchs of scalded skin nearly flaking off before my eyes. They lie half-dead day and night wherever they chance to collapse, footsteps mostly give wide berths around them but sometimes fall near, still they do not stir. I am already so low, they intimate silently, what else can [...]

Annapurna Chronicles (mass email 3.0)

Tuesday, February 1st, 2005

Beloved Friends, I have finally completed my description of trekking among the Annapurnas in Nepal. Though I completed the trek nearly two months ago and am presently in India, up till now I have been unable to commit an adequate rendering of my experiences to paper (indeed to paper: the entire first draft was written [...]


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