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O&E of Kolkata (June 2013): Trains, Trams and Metro
I have already discussed almost everything associated with trains, in previous posts. Here, I simply want to mention a few other extraneous things.In my first visit to Calcutta, because we had not made...
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O&E of Kolkata (June 2013): Rickshaws
For a long time, and perhaps even now, I believed that Kolkata was the last bastion of runner-pulled rickshaws. Perhaps this is indeed true; the Wikipedia article certainly indicates that. However,...
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O&E of Kolkata (June 2013): Taxi
I had read, and during one of my early visits to Calcutta we were told (by a taxi driver), that Calcutta had ten lakh (10,00,000 or one million) taxis. If that was indeed true then I suspect that it...
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O&E of Kolkata (June 2013): Bus
In a few posts (most recently, this one), I wrote that I want my blog to be a good resource for expats. Shortly after I published that recent post, I was travelling by bus. It was then that I realized...
View ArticleO&E of Kolkata (June 2013): Mocambo
Khush hua!Oh wait. That was Mogambo; I am reviewing Mocambo, the restaurant. Nevertheless, it is the phrase we always think about when we pass by the restaurant.I was eager to write a review of Mocambo...
View ArticleNews: Other (June 2013)
As always, these are news articles (almost always from my reading the daily newspapers) which I could not fit into my GaC, GaM, Health or other posts. Previously, I arranged them thematically: from...
View ArticleGovernment as Criminals (June 2013)
I shall iterate and re-iterate some abbreviations: RCW=Rape Capital of the World (formerly known as India); G.A.=Gulag Archipelago (formerly known as the U.S.); FCM=Fee-Collecting Murderers (formerly...
View ArticleGovernment as Murderers (June 2013)
28 Sept 1983 John Pat almost 17 (CD, Torture Death) (Roebourne, Pilbara region, Western Australia, Australia)4 Aug 1995 Panidan/Pandian (CD) (Perambular district, Tamil Nadu, RCW)11 Mar 1996 S...
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Genealogy (July 2013)
I do not think that I mention it as often as I should, so let me state here that these are photographs of headstones of people buried at the Christian Burial Board at 184 A.J.C. Bose Road in Kolkata....
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Genealogy (July 2013): St. Thomas Church
The impetus for these Genealogy posts was my trips to the Christian Burial Board cemetery with Caroline. There, we visited her parents' grave, and there I photographed many headstones. Every so often,...
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O&E of Birganj (July 2013): The Visa
(No, Birganj is not an "Other Indian City" (as it is a city in Nepal, not India). However, I did not want to make an additional label. Moreover, it is the sister-city to Raxaul (on the Indian side of...
View ArticleO&E of Birganj (July 2013): The Journey
In my previous post, I stated that I rarely, if ever, travel in taxis by myself and when I do, problems often arise (as described in that post). I now realize that the same can be said of my travelling...
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O&E of Birganj (July 2013): The Stay
From the Nepal immigration office, I walked further along the dirt road. (Again, a far cry from what I had envisioned.) I soon saw the Ashok Guest House. I thought that I had read something about this,...
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O&E of Birganj (July 2013): Photos
In the hallway of the Ashok Guest House. I do not know what this sign says but I would not be surprised if it said, "Do not spit".I know that there are many Indian actors who are popular in Pakistan,...
View ArticleNews: Other (July 2013)
1 July Just thirteen years old and already a landmark, and already obsolete.2 July No, this article is not about Kolkata, or India, or relevant to the U.S. but I am nevertheless posting this here...
View ArticleGovernment as Criminals (July 2013)
July (Judiciary) G.A. (This government of the government, by the government and for the government has not yet perished from the Earth.)1 July (FCM) RCW1 July (Pati) Egypt (OMG! People are getting...
View ArticleGovernment as Murderers (July 2013)
I want to emphasize and define some abbreviations that I use: JJE=Judge, Jury & Executioner (aka police); FCM=Fee-Collecting Murderers (aka police); DBHF/HS=Death by Human Feces/Human Scum (a...
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O&E of India (Aug 2013): Glossary
In any language, language is fascinating. Shortly before and after arriving in India, I attempted to learn Hindi. I did learn many Hindi words, but then realized that I did not have the resources to...
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My Expat-Blog Interview
I love being interviewed! I hate interviews!As a blogger, I am a member of both IndiBlogger (a community of bloggers in India and of Indian bloggers everywhere) and Expat-Blog (a community of people...
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O&E of Kolkata (Aug 2013): Cat-cutta, Part 6
Miscellaneous cats and dogsA mother and her newborn kittens, about two hours old.Leo in our new buildingLeoIn MumbaiAt a Mumbai fish marketA kitten (also see above) and his(?) mother in front of...
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