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Amazing India

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Certain Universal Truths

Our driver today, Naruka would take us from Jaipur to Delhi. Finally, air conditioning and a comfortable ride. As we passed the chickens, and the dogs, the cows and the camels, Naruka told us of the power in India: men: … Continue reading

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Magical Thinking

I remember back in Nursing School when I first learned about Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs and how the period toward self actualizing was built. First came food and water, then shelter, then love, then somewhere near the top, if you … Continue reading

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Indi(a) Rock Star

It didn’t take many minutes after disembarking in Delhi, to figure out that ‘one of these things wasn’t like the other’. In fact it was a young 20-something man that parked himself five feet from our luggage cart and began … Continue reading

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Happy Holi

The drums rattled from the front entrance, “Boom, baboom, boom”. It piqued our interest. We finished getting ready and rushed down the stairs, where we were greeted by one of the hotel staff.“Namaste”, he said as he placed the first … Continue reading

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Missing Dreams

He waited outside of our hotel, keeping a respectful distance between his Took-Took and the hotel manager who may see him talking to one of their customers, namely, me. I approached him and said, “Ap Kaise Hen” (?sp) He smiled … Continue reading

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Working Hands

Her hands were like a race car, at first a dragster on a straightaway up and down my leg, back and forth, a million miles per hour, creating a nice heat that burned softly, warming my core in the breezy … Continue reading

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Taj Diamonds in the rough

The alarm squawked out at 5 am. A rather uneventful and solid night’s sleep, even if the hotel’s surrounding were bleak, emanating a strong odor from all parts of the building. Later, we discovered that it was not just the … Continue reading

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A train going any…where

We arrived into the Delhi Train station after a 4 and a half hour journey from Rishikesh. The fare for the train was about 5 bucks. I was lucky enough to sit next to a young Indian woman, in Grade … Continue reading

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Bridge over the river high

The bridge is so busy, its wobbly boards flexing slightly as the noticeable gaps between the planks pay homage to the turbulent tide below. We were walking across it, when a couple of monkeys appeared beside us, grasping the cables … Continue reading

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