Monthly Archives: February 2024
FEBRUARY 11, SUNDAY
WHO AND WHERE? I begin to wonder where I am, who I am, where and who any of us are. I think of the children in their red uniforms yesterday who heard the speech about who I was and why
FEBRUARY 11, SUNDAY
WHO AND WHERE? I begin to wonder where I am, who I am, where and who any of us are. I think of the children in their red uniforms yesterday who heard the speech about who I was and why
FEBRUARY 10, SATURDAY
AROUND VIRAMPUR But the day wasn‘t over. After teatime at 5 p.m. Jogesh offered to take me by car to see a check dam, built to catch the monsoon rains before they run off leaving a man made lake. It
FEBRUARY 10, SATURDAY
AROUND VIRAMPUR But the day wasn‘t over. After teatime at 5 p.m. Jogesh offered to take me by car to see a check dam, built to catch the monsoon rains before they run off leaving a man made lake. It
FEBRUARY 10, SATURDAY
FILMING VIRAMPUR AND THE ASHRAM I had breakfast at 9:30, toast and cheese and a banana and green tea to calm my stomach, then went to the Virampur main road market with , my guide, where I took some videos
FEBRUARY 10, SATURDAY
FILMING VIRAMPUR AND THE ASHRAM I had breakfast at 9:30, toast and cheese and a banana and green tea to calm my stomach, then went to the Virampur main road market with , my guide, where I took some videos
FEBRUARY 9, FRIDAY
THE NUTMEG’S CURSE Today I was entirely by myself except for breakfast and lunch. At breakfast Vikram, who was sent to get me, sat silently across the table from me staring at me as I ate my soft white doughy
FEBRUARY 9, FRIDAY
THE NUTMEG’S CURSE Today I was entirely by myself except for breakfast and lunch. At breakfast Vikram, who was sent to get me, sat silently across the table from me staring at me as I ate my soft white doughy
FEBRUARY 8, THURSDAY
DAVID BECKHAM At Diwali, the Festival of Lights, several months ago, David Beckham, the star British soccer player and celebrity fashion icon came to Virampur. David Beckham came as a UNICEF ambassador to see the UNICEF projects that Hasmukh and
FEBRUARY 8, THURSDAY
DAVID BECKHAM At Diwali, the Festival of Lights, several months ago, David Beckham, the star British soccer player and celebrity fashion icon came to Virampur. David Beckham came as a UNICEF ambassador to see the UNICEF projects that Hasmukh and
FEBRUARY 7, WEDNESDAY
A DAY IN DELHI My unexpected last day in Delhi I went in the morning to Chandni Chowk and walked down narrow streets around the main road. All the stores are wholesale and the narrow streets were full of men
FEBRUARY 7, WEDNESDAY
A DAY IN DELHI My unexpected last day in Delhi I went in the morning to Chandni Chowk and walked down narrow streets around the main road. All the stores are wholesale and the narrow streets were full of men
FEBRUARY 6, TUESDAY
DELHI STREET SCENES Today was to be my last day in Delhi, so before my final dentist appointment at 4 p.m. I wanted to shoot spatial videos of street scenes of places I had been to many times in the
FEBRUARY 6, TUESDAY
DELHI STREET SCENES Today was to be my last day in Delhi, so before my final dentist appointment at 4 p.m. I wanted to shoot spatial videos of street scenes of places I had been to many times in the
FEBRUARY 5, MONDAY
FIRST DAY IN DELHI I am staying in the Master Guest House where I have stayed a number of times before with Kathe and Elke and Todd and Susie. Traveling alone as an old man it is nice to have
FEBRUARY 5, MONDAY
FIRST DAY IN DELHI I am staying in the Master Guest House where I have stayed a number of times before with Kathe and Elke and Todd and Susie. Traveling alone as an old man it is nice to have
FEBRUARY 4, SUNDAY
ON THE WAY TO DELHI In the morning I had a quick breakfast at Nooit Gedacht, not knowing when I would be able to eat again. Yesterday was both a Sunday and Sri Lankan Independence day from Britain. Suddenly it
FEBRUARY 4, SUNDAY
ON THE WAY TO DELHI In the morning I had a quick breakfast at Nooit Gedacht, not knowing when I would be able to eat again. Yesterday was both a Sunday and Sri Lankan Independence day from Britain. Suddenly it
FEBRUARY 3, SATURDAY
HAPPY BANANA I am sitting in the Happy Banana restaurant where our groups often ate in our 10 trips to Sri Lanka during our days of relaxation at Una Watuna. It is now a greatly expanded Happy Banana with a
FEBRUARY 3, SATURDAY
HAPPY BANANA I am sitting in the Happy Banana restaurant where our groups often ate in our 10 trips to Sri Lanka during our days of relaxation at Una Watuna. It is now a greatly expanded Happy Banana with a
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 