Author: <span>ekendra</span>

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notes from a flatbed bicycle rickshaw ride, Jatipur/Govardhan, India, December 2010 “Heading into town” in India isn’t the easiest maneuver for one who a) doesn’t know the language b) doesn’t…

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I live near the beach now. In the morning I see solitary beachcombers out, heads down, walking very slowly, pausing to pick up shells. I’ve done this. You look for…

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The cows and bulls in Jagannath Puri are not the scrawny kind you see some places. These are wild, well-fed resort town cows. They’ve got hotel after hotel after restaurant…

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Today’s the day after the Super Bowl, and I’m in Jagannath Puri on the east coast of India on the Bay of Bengal. No one here watches the Super Bowl.…

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I’ve been out of commission for the past few days—with Obligatory Vrindavan Sickness (or OVS). This occurrence of OVS was a non-stop joyride from “Sore Throat and Stuffed Nose” to…

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In an obvious but doomed attempt to keep pace with the Western world’s “comfortable-retail shopping-as-life’s-ultimate-goal” philosophy, i noticed huge construction projects looming up behind the crumbling roadside corrugated metal shoeboxes…

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