वर्ग Wagle Observation
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Rajdhani Express
I must be somewhere in Bihar at this point in time (10:57 am). There is no Airtel network signal here so this post will be saved as local draft. I am now seared on the upper berth (0003) inside the B3 compartment. This particular block is fully occupied with all eight people. Two girls from…
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Toy Train 6
Now we have entered to the plains, still inside Daejeeling district. I can see ‘Gorkhaland is our birthright’ slogans painted on the walls. Again the Darjeeling chill is nowhere to be experienced here. It’s 16:21 and it might take another 45 mins to reach New Jalpaiguri. I have an 8:30 train from there to Delhi.…
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Toy Train 5
Ok, so Mr. Rakesh Sood look-alike returns my book (sorry Lak, though u wrote the book, this paeticular copy lawfullly belongs to me!) So the train is moving, slowly, tirelessly and contineously. Some ppl have sneaked into the first class apartment! Shall I press the alarm switch? Hell with that. A while ago, even the…
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Toy Train 4
Heitteri, I again lost another post because of iPhone’s hide n seek with the Airtel network. So I was writing two girls ( perhaps sisters or mom-daughter) are seared next to my seat on da left. They r sleeping. Their parents (or father n kaki-chachi) are behind them. I was reading Daniel Lak’s India Experss.…
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Toy Train 3
A peek into da train compartment. I am traveling in da first class dibba! (well, k garne, at least toy train ma ta 1st class mai hidnu paryo ni). But it seems there is not much difference between 1st n 2nd class compartments (there are two each of them and in total four) except that…
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Toy Train 2
Hmm it works but I mourn da diapearance of my first detailed entry. Here I try to recall dat: We’ll I can’t recall. Mind became blank 😦 anyway as train is moving slowly negotiating it’s narrow trail with great care (so as not to slide over da hills). Pooouuuuuhh! That’s the sound the rail produces…
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Live From Toy Train
Ok, this is sott of retweeting/reblogging. Trying to see if blogging from iphone that is playing hide and seek with da cellular network as it’s owner is traveling in a slow moving toy train on da hills of Darjeeling actually works! More later Blogged by an executive order of Karhmandu 🙂
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Kumaris, the Living Goddesses, of Nepal (or Kathmandu Valley)
My latest in Koseli: छातामुनी पिसकोर. Previous: गुगल, गाई र रिक्सा …….. Though I have been hearing about the Kumari tradition of Nepal (all these cute girls who are considered living goddesses and are almost always clad in dark gajal and red outfits) I hadn’t seen them directly until recently. A few days ago a…
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Early in the Morning: A Radio Interview and Blogs
Blogmandu: The story of Ratnapark and the debate of men on the street. Read in Nepali. ==== Thanks to the CA election I have started waking up early in the morning these days. (Be warned, waking up early is NOT my cup of tea. I rarely see morning tea actually.) It was 6:35 and I…
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Watching Sunrise from the Nagarkot Hilltop
I experienced the magic while watching the sun rising It was really challenging for me to wake up at 6:30 in the morning to observe the sunrise. I was determined. I set the alarm on my cell for 6 AM (Friday, December 21). The alarm inside me was also working and I was awake several…
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