Havelis, Udaipur, and Saris: Musing About Romance This Valentine’s Day

February 14, 2010

Havelis
I’m writing this entry while sitting in our room in a ‘haveli’, a traditional heritage house of the kind found in the Indian states of Rajasthan and Gujarat that have been turned into guesthouses in modern times.
This haveli where we are staying was once the home of one family, we have been told. Our spacious [...]

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Itimad-Ud-Daulah

February 14, 2010

Agra is, of course, world-famous for that most admired of buildings, the Taj Mahal – the mausoleum built by the fifth Moghul Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his beloved wife Mumtaz.
Agra ought also to be equally famous for what is locally called the Baby Taj, or to give it its proper name, the [...]

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Cacophony And Calm In Delhi

February 11, 2010

A Passage to India
As we came out to the airport entrance after arriving at Delhi Airport from Heathrow Airport in London, we looked about for the man who was to meet us there. We were going to stay at a budget hotel [recommended in Lonely Planet] located in the Tibetian colony outside of the city [...]

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Delhi Dogs And Agra Dogs

February 11, 2010

As we all know, dogs rest and sleep in all kinds of attitudes – paws crossed, head on paws, curled up, and every variation thereof. But someone in the dog kingdom seems to have passed a special message on to Delhi dogs – of whom there are many – and so far as we could [...]

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Our Valentine’s Day Ecard Collection and Indian Travels

February 11, 2010

Valentine’s Day
In our Valentines ecard collection we have messages of friendship and affection in every flavor: From deeply romantic, to cute and cheerful, to elegant and dashing – we’ve got them all covered.
Here are just three of the ecards from our collection. To discover them all for yourself, follow this link to our Valentines Collection.
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Delhi: Getting Into Town

February 11, 2010

The Tibetan Colony
We are staying in Majnu Ka Tilla, a Tibetan enclave in the north of Delhi. One of the women in the hotel tells me that the Tibetans have refugee status despite having first come here in 1959 and that they hold a yellow card in lieu of a passport.
It is a lively place [...]

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Fresh Eyes On Business Decisions

January 29, 2010

One of the things that gets in the way of making good business decisions is simply not seeing what is right in front of one’s eyes.
When I pass a store that has a poorly designed window layout, it registers in my brain. It’s probably because I like design and I work with design.
But why doesn’t [...]

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A Pretty Kettle Of Fish And Other Idioms

January 12, 2010

My favorite British English idiom is It’s no use flogging a dead horse. If you are not familiar with the idiom, it means it’s no use trying to accomplish that which cannot be accomplished.
I read somewhere (I think it was in a Philip K. Dick novel) that one of the hallmarks of schizophrenics is that [...]

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New Year’s Eve Ritual: The Time Ball In NYC’s Times Square

December 31, 2009

The Clock Is Ticking
At precisely 11:59 p.m. time tonight on this New Year’s Eve in New York City when clocks on the East Coast of the USA will be ticking the very last minute of 2009, about one million people will gather at 1 Times Square at an area formerly known as the Tower [...]

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Lone Tree In Winter

December 26, 2009

A couple of days ago a few inches of snow finally reached us here in Leeds, east of the Penines in the north of England.
It was very misty when I finally went out and I couldn’t help but think of those oft-repeated words to photographers – It’s all about the light.
Well, there wasn’t much light [...]

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