Mumbai
India tidbits: napkins, mosques, matrimonials, head-shaking
I have another half hour to kill before our ride to the airport, and the keyboard is working again, so here is an absolutely unorganized buffet of India travel tidbits:
Absorbency is not a chief value of local “paper” napkins, which look American-normal but are made of an impenetrable waxy paper whose primary talents lie in [...]
Bollywood masala: Jab We Met
Dear lovely people,
Here’s a quick note to say I’m leaving Bombay tonight at midnight. I’ll head to the airport around 8:30. All is well, my stomach is reasonably functional again, and since everyone else left town this morning, and we checked out of our hotel rooms at noon, Linda (Tracy’s mom) and I [...]
henna typing
dear all,
you should see the hands i’m typing with. palms deep red with intricate henna designs, and a swoosh of dotty leafy patterns crossing the back of the hand and going up my index finger. i have to put the keyboard in my lap so as not to be distracted by my manual [...]
Just arrived on the overnight train to Mumbai
Dear lovely people,As usual I have only a couple minutes on a computer – this time in the Royal Inn lobby in Mumbai as we wait for our new room to be cleaned. Very shortly we’ll be picked up to attend Lalit’s cousin’s thread ceremony, which is some sort of manhood ritual. I [...]
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