Blog: Final Thoughts – Reflections on my first visit to India – Part 10
When you get off the plane in India into a culture which has over 30,000 gods, you may find it a little hotter than you are used to, you...
Blog: Homeward Bound – Reflections on my first visit to India – Part 9
Writing this series of blogs seems so insufficient. India was, and is, so much more than these moments which cannot really be put into words, only known deep in...
Blog: The Colours of India – Reflections on my first visit to India – Part 8
“Nicky – hold on!” exclaimed my travelling companions as we bounced our way through remote villages along dusty roads in a tuk tuk, and then I felt someone’s hand...
Blog: Morning’s Blessings – Reflections on my first visit to India – Part 7
An interesting night was spent sleeping in the school hut on a wafer-thin mattress, underneath mosquito nets, to the sound of dogs barking, howling and fighting as we waited...
Blog: The Reality of Island life – Reflections of my first trip to India – Part 6
I wrote in an earlier blog that climate plays a rude villain to the people of the Sundarbans, as they are prone to yearly shocks of pre-monsoon cyclones, which...
Blog: An Island Welcome – Reflections on my first visit to India – Part 5
There is a wonderful quotation about the pivotal step of making a commitment to an enterprise, which my sister shared with me many years ago; “Lose this day loitering...