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In India, it is best to expect the exact opposite of what you originally had in mind.

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"What is the most scary thing in life?" a popular Tamil film personality, K Bhagyaraj, was once asked. Prompt came the reply, "Air travel."

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Carlsbad Caverns National Park, one of the lesser known parks in the US, in short, is a ''must-see''.

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A few minutes later, after acquiring huge ugly bruises on my thigh and arm, I decided the sun would set just as prettily if I was on solid ground. I had almost convinced myself when a local hopped up the rocks I had just tumbled down, as if steps had..

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First we approached the Lower Falls. We were face to face with five magnificent torrents. I felt that in India this fall would have been named as ''Paanch Paandava''. These five torrents traversing a height of about 15 meters were full of sound and f..

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Whether or not I take him at his word, I realize that the maharaj is indeed an unusual character. Living alone in this remote cabin in the center of a jungle filled with leopards, bears and other predators is, in itself, something extraordinary.

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Swami Vivekananda has been cut to size...belittled. At a respectable distance away from where the great philosopher has been enshrined in rock, rises the huge sculpture of Thiruvalluvar.

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Suddenly and quite dramatically the La Sagrada Familia revealed itself to me, set at a distance nestled between other city buildings.

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Be it a spiritual journey or going to a musical kutchery (concert of Carnatic music) or to a marriage ceremony, the South Indian ritual is to start with kaappie (coffee) as a prelude in enhancing the delight of the event.

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India, you magnanimous mother with a heart big enough to welcome, accept and love even those who came to plunder you!

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