October 28th, 2007 – 04:55+0000
My return to Nepal began with a night in Karkarbhitta. So after emigration in Naxalgiri, West Bengal, I crossed the border and was in Nepal, but more importantly, back in the Terai. The Terai is the southern flatlands of Nepal. I like to think of it as the heartlands, as this is where the majority [...]
October 18th, 2007 – 04:35+0000
Our flight from Delhi to Bagdogra was uneventful as I prefer my flights to be. The road up to Darjeeling was as bad as it ever is, which means everyone complains its worse. I love feeling the wall of coolness hit as we ascended from the flatlands. The most measurable difference was in all the [...]
October 12th, 2007 – 03:08+0000
The first day in Delhi was a success. In the morning, I woke up before the hotel staff. The doorman was sprawled about the entrance to the hotel, sleeping soundly after our 12 am arrival. So I retreated to my room. Exactly at 8 o’clock I rang the front desk, thinking asking over the phone [...]
October 9th, 2007 – 12:54+0000
On Sunday, we saw the Wes Anderson film The Darjeeling Limited. On Tuesday, we go to Darjeeling. While in India, we will not take any trains though I do love the trains there (and for reasons wholly unexplored in the film). Binita was disappointed that the film had nothing to do with Darjeeling. But I [...]
September 28th, 2007 – 15:29+0000
Binita had been giving me steady updates and analysis on Indian Idol 3. The other Indian Idol shows had gone unnoticed. But the oft-neglected Nepali community had someone competing in its third installment—a Nepali named Prashant Tamang. On September 23, 2007, Tamang won Indian Idol 3. His talents (though modest, comparatively) were boosted by extremely [...]
