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The end of an era - 04/May/2010 14:52 - 5329 days ago
I've only been home for a couple of days and it feels very strange. Everything is very familiar but also very alien and I ...
It's cold! - 02/May/2010 17:55 - 5331 days ago
After all my waiting for flights to resume in Europe to get home I found another hurdle to my return home. I had finally m...
I'm still waiting - 20/Apr/2010 08:43 - 5343 days ago
I have always said I'd love to go and see an active volcano, all the photos and films that I have seen make them look exciting i...
Trying times - 17/Apr/2010 04:03 - 5346 days ago
I arrived in Delhi 4 days ago. Stepping off the air-conditiioned train felt like walking into an oven and reminded me how ...
Moving on - 13/Apr/2010 13:48 - 5350 days ago
I was invited to join in the first birthday celebrations of the youngest son of one of my NGO colleagues. This was the second t...
Another couple of my epics - 02/Apr/2010 09:08 - 5361 days ago
I was away from my home in Koraput for 3 weeks and I'd left my PC behind, not wanting to carry it around with me while negot...
A few Darjeeling animals - 25/Mar/2010 16:27 - 5369 days ago
I put aside my prejudices about zoos to visit the zoological park in Darjeeling. I don't like seeing big animals caged up w...
A few days away from Koraput - 25/Mar/2010 16:27 - 5369 days ago
I'm very lucky to have been on a wonderful holiday in Darjeeling. It is a beautiful and fascinating place, a mix of Nepali,...
A week in Puri - 16/Mar/2010 09:54 - 5378 days ago
All the VSO India volunteers + representatives from their partner NGOs were invited to attend an annual conference. The last ti...
Festival of Colours - 01/Mar/2010 13:37 - 5393 days ago
I've just emerged from one of the maddest and most colourful days of my life. Today, Koraput celebrated Holi, the festival...
A village near Lamtaput in Koraput district, Odisha - 27/Feb/2010 16:12 - 5395 days ago
The main streetThe baby didn't know what to make of this strange-looking white person wielding a large contraption in front of t...
Some more paddy fields - 25/Feb/2010 13:53 - 5397 days ago
I found out that a by-product of the paddy fields is small fish that live in the irrigated land. No fish in these photos b...
A lovley garden - 24/Feb/2010 07:33 - 5398 days ago
I had another trip out to the field at the weekend, this time to an area close to the Machkund Dam on the border with Andhra Pra...
A glimpse of life in the village of Khajuripadar - 21/Feb/2010 12:34 - 5401 days ago
I met some lovely people in Khajuripadar. Most of them don't even speak Oriya but their own tribal dialect although most ...
A bit about food - 21/Feb/2010 12:26 - 5401 days ago
I was fed very well while staying out in Khajuripadar. There may be little money, no electricity, no piped water and nothi...
Some Khajuripadar life - 21/Feb/2010 12:25 - 5401 days ago
I came across some interesting trees in Khajuripadar, most of which are not found in the UK. One of our meetings was held...
Paddy fields - 19/Feb/2010 15:27 - 5403 days ago
The first thing I spotted when we reached this are on our return journey from Khajuripadar was a group of water buffaloes, grazi...
A trip to Gupteswar Cave Temple - 19/Feb/2010 14:21 - 5403 days ago
I've only just found out that a banyan is actually a fig, the seeds dispersed in the crevices of host trees by fruit eating bird...
A few days away - 19/Feb/2010 01:53 - 5403 days ago
I've just returned from 4 days spent out in the field in the village of Khajuripadar, near Ramagiri, west of Koraput and close t...
A proper day off work - 07/Feb/2010 14:36 - 5415 days ago
At last I've managed to get someone to teach me Odiya. It's nearly 6 months since I arrived here in Koraput and I hadn't c...
A volunteer's rest days - 31/Jan/2010 09:06 - 5422 days ago
After 6 months in India, struggling to keep going working a 6 day week while looking after my home, walking everywhere to get t...
A weekend of rest and and recuperation - 27/Jan/2010 13:28 - 5426 days ago
I arrived in India in the middle of July, attending a month of in-country orientation training on Delhi before travell ing to Ko...
I've nothing against builders but.... - 20/Jan/2010 12:50 - 5433 days ago
Followers of my blog will be familiar with my moans about the builders next door. I've been getting increasingly annoyed b...
Koraput times - 18/Jan/2010 16:58 - 5435 days ago
I had a day out of Koraput yesterday, travelling north to the town of Rayada (sometimes spelt Rayagarha). This was to see my fr...
Untitled - 16/Jan/2010 09:54 - 5437 days ago
I've been interested to see the different flora and fauna that exists in Koraput. Many things are familiar - sparrows, crows, c...
More outings - 14/Jan/2010 05:44 - 5439 days ago
The people at SPREAD work hard. Really hard. The travelling can be tiring because of the distances and the sta...
For those of you suffering the current snowy weather in UK - 12/Jan/2010 01:43 - 5441 days ago
I measured the temperature on the roof of my house this morning - fairly early, before the day really warmed up - it was over 34...
A different sort of works' outing - 04/Jan/2010 11:27 - 5449 days ago
There seems to be a tradition of going out for picnics to celebrate new year here in India and typically many NGOs wil...
Happy new year to all my family and friends - 01/Jan/2010 14:02 - 5452 days ago
We saw in the new year in a subdued fashion, falling asleep at some ridiculously early hour, exhausted by life here in Koraput.&...
Christmas in Koraput - 28/Dec/2009 13:15 - 5456 days ago
On Tuesday I attended a public hearing in Koraput. This was facilitated by SPREAD and was a platform for some of the adivas...
All in a morning's work - 23/Dec/2009 02:42 - 5461 days ago
I sat in my house eating my breakfast this morning being entertained by the sight of a flock of around 7-8 crows fighting o...
This is getting tedious - 20/Dec/2009 13:34 - 5464 days ago
Yet again we have had a Sunday without electricity. I have no idea what time it was switched off, all I know is that it was...
Koraput changes - 16/Dec/2009 14:58 - 5468 days ago
At last, after 5 months in India I have my first visitor from home. Jon, my husband has braved the journey and arrived here...
Portraits of a society part 3 - 03/Dec/2009 16:49 - 5481 days ago
Adivasis frequently live in remote and inhospitable areas such as hills and forests, suffer poor health due to disease and malnu...
Song&dance acts - 02/Dec/2009 14:01 - 5482 days ago
The Tribal Convention that I attended was for a serious reason. The people were gathering to discuss their issues and what...
Portraits of a society part 2 - 02/Dec/2009 01:19 - 5482 days ago
Adivasis are the indigenous population of India; i.e.the original inhabitants of the land. They form a substantial minorit...
Portraits of a society part 1 - 01/Dec/2009 02:03 - 5483 days ago
Here are just a few of the adivasi (tribal) people I met at the Tribal Convention at the weekend. They were all there for ...
Harvesting the paddy - 30/Nov/2009 08:11 - 5484 days ago
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Sunday picnic - 29/Nov/2009 14:19 - 5485 days ago
I spent a couple of days at a Tribal Convention organised by SPREAD for the adivasis (tribal people) to give them the chance to ...
Back from Delhi - 27/Nov/2009 13:15 - 5487 days ago
I had a trip to Delhi this week, only the second time I've been out of Koraput since I arrived here in August. I went to a...
A tale of two more children - 21/Nov/2009 06:18 - 5493 days ago
This lad has locomotor disabilities, his club feet making walking almost impossible and clawed hands preventing him from graspin...
A beautiful couple - 21/Nov/2009 05:51 - 5493 days ago
I want to tell you about a couple that I met on my visit to the SPREAD project with people with disabilities, somewhere out in t...
A tale of three children - 21/Nov/2009 05:20 - 5493 days ago
There seems to be a high incidence of cerebral palsy (CP) here in this part of India compared to the UK. I don't have the ...
A day at the office - 19/Nov/2009 04:17 - 5495 days ago
This week has been an interesting one in Koraput. The parab (festival) started on Monday for 3 days this week. The p...
A pictorial entry - 16/Nov/2009 10:10 - 5498 days ago
Gopal, one of the field-workers, in his homeRama checking in the meeting attendeesA wonderfully expressive face. He looked...
Another project meeting - 15/Nov/2009 14:11 - 5499 days ago
I had the privelage of going out to a tribal village with my NGO to attend a project meeting out in the field recently. We...
Success! - 08/Nov/2009 04:15 - 5506 days ago
I had a leaky tap in my house. It started off 2-3 months ago with a slight drip which gradually got worse, turning into a ...
At last! - 04/Nov/2009 06:08 - 5510 days ago
I had a very mixed day yesterday. I'm close to reaching another of my milestones, the completion of the manual of finance ...
Some success - 31/Oct/2009 13:21 - 5514 days ago
At last - I have received my some mail from the UK. Still no sign of any of the parcels posted by my husband from around 2...
Karthika - 29/Oct/2009 01:36 - 5516 days ago
It's Kartik or Karthika masa (month) at the moment, theholiest month for Hindus and devotees worship Lord Shiva to the utmost.&n...
Some success at last - 25/Oct/2009 15:05 - 5520 days ago
I finally managed to get an ATM card to go with my new Indian bank about 10 days ago. The trouble was (as I found out afte...
Bikes - 22/Oct/2009 15:33 - 5523 days ago
There are very few cars here in Koraput. Most people walk to wherever they need to go and there are many motorbikes and bi...
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