February 28, 1987 Old Delhi train station I am sitting in a train compartment waiting to leave for Calcutta. The time is 7:30 AM. India has changed a lot since one year ago. The prices are higher, plastic bags are … Continue reading
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Thursday, February 12, 1987 Central India Somewhere between Nagpur and Bopal the terrain changes dramatically. The land is higher and rocky. We even passed through a of number tunnels. There is no more irrigated agriculture. I see lots of goats … Continue reading
Wednesday, February 11, 1987 Now I am alone. I purposely left Gaur in order to be alone. I have to become confident in moving around in the country. When I go with him, he dominates and I never learn to … Continue reading
February, 10, 1987 Tirumala Now I have seen God, Shri Venkateshvara (Balaji). Truely a sight of aishwarya. I have to admit that I prefer aishwarya to madhurya. It’s so fantastic inside this temple. This is what I expect to see … Continue reading
February 9, 1987 Vijawada (8 hours from Madras) So now we are in the south of India. It is much different that the north. Hotter, cleaner, fewer beggars, more organized and less rushing. Now we are in the heat. I’ve … Continue reading
Wednesday, February 4, 1987 Krishnagar I am sitting in the train station waiting to go to Birnagar. I have about an hour wait. I am feeling a little lonely. I am starting to get a little tired of India and … Continue reading
Tuesday, February 3, 1987 I traveled to Mayapura via bus today, a 4 hours trip. I am so glad to get out of Calcutta. Three days was too much. Both Gaur and I have so much mucus from all the … Continue reading
January 23, 1987 How are you? I wrote to you from London. I hope you received my letter. England was very successful. I made a number of interesting discoveries about Bhaktivinoda at the India Office Library and at the School … Continue reading
Today we went to the Bengal National Library and had a big find. There are two Kedar Nath Dattas! Both worked as Magistrates for the British! One was born in 1838 and the other in 1840. We pulled the service … Continue reading
February 7, 1987 Calcutta Well here I am back in Calcutta. God, how this place tries my patience. I am sitting in an auto rickshaw (smoke hog) on the street waiting while Gaura books our tickets to Madras. The smoke and … Continue reading