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The chudail is back in Mandla -- after seven years. And Mandla is scared. It seems the old hag knocks at the door and asks for roti and pyaaz. She squeezes the offering till blood drops off it and leaves. A member of the family dies soon after. Mandl..

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It was cold. Mr. Bhandari recommended that we have some of his Maggi noodle soup for dinner and I gave him directions to cook the tins of baked beans we had bought. The hailstorm and cold weather had spoilt our plans to tent under the stars, and cook..

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My instructor, like lots of folks from Byron Bay, was an ex-hippie who came to India for his honeymoon and to reach nirvana, no doubt, and had a good time before someone divested him of all his earthly possessions. I had a barbecue with him that even

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It was 1 p.m. on Saturday, August 31st - a bright and pleasant day at Perlstein Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) in Chicago. About 80 professionals and students from all over the country belonging to more than 25 well-known non-profit org..

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For once, our dog was dearer than any Rivaldo or Ronaldo, and he accompanied us on this last pilgrimage. Apart from the dog, there were three of us -- a rally driver, an amateur photographer and an export executive who doubled up as a navigator. We a..

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Like the name suggests, I am angling for philosophy and travel or maybe the philosophy of travel... This piece is intended for the young Indian independent traveler. Hopefully more and more of us will take to travelling as wages keep climbing up in I

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The fascinating thing with India is there are countless places to explore and experience. The way of life of people in every village is intricately interwoven with the history of that region, and intimately interconnected with religion. To enjoy Indi..

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It has been three months since I came to IIT Kanpur, and in a while I will be leaving. However, these three months have been quite special for me. The most interesting of episodes have been my interaction with birds and other animals in the campus, a..

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...now that the gods of the guidebooks had been appeased, it was time to see real Paris. Here, I might add, real-any-city means different things to different people. To some it means hitting the seedier areas in the night. To others, it's being a lou..

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Alaska has always drawn dreamers. First it was gold, nuggets the size of moose head. Then it was the oil rush and now the very dreamers, people like us, who want to get away from civilization and experience the wilderness. Everything about Alaska is ..

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