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The story doesn't end here - 07/Feb/2011 22:03 - 5050 days ago
If you enjoyed reading Indian Bells, follow the story at my new blogFeathers, Bells and Country Smells. See you over there!The v...
Back where I belong - 05/Jan/2011 09:38 - 5083 days ago
This is my final blog post, it's long overdue but as they say, better late that never. I'm back in England now living a life con...
Lighting up Laporiya during Diwali - 06/Nov/2010 08:37 - 5143 days ago
Yesterday was Diwali, or the Festival of Light, India's biggest festival. It's a 3 day holiday in India, much like Christmas w...
More photos of the village - 04/Nov/2010 15:11 - 5145 days ago
Inspired by the success of my previous wander around Laporiya, I ventured out again, this time at dusk began to set in and homes...
A walk around Laporiya - 31/Oct/2010 10:39 - 5149 days ago
Celia, another VSO Volunteer came to visit me in Laporiya this weekend and this morning we did something I've rarely done before...
One step closer to enlightenment - 26/Oct/2010 07:53 - 5154 days ago
I approached the gates of Dhamma Thali Vipassana Meditation Centre on the outskirts of Jaipur with feelings of intrepidation, ha...
A long trip east - 01/Oct/2010 07:39 - 5179 days ago
India is a big country, the scale of which you can barely contemplate without having experienced it. Back home in the UK just ab...
The decision to leave - 19/Sep/2010 15:04 - 5191 days ago
This week I made an important decision, one that has been consuming my mind for a few weeks now. I decided that I will leave my ...
My Volunteering Story - 09/Sep/2010 10:00 - 5201 days ago
Personal Case Study written forwww.volunteeringinfo.orgSee the original articlehereI’d been spending my spare time volunteerin...
Yesterday's three celebrations in Laporiya - 06/Sep/2010 12:15 - 5204 days ago
1) The inaguration of my boss' new badminton court, built within the boundary of our house over period of weeks. Ribbons were ti...
Together again - 04/Sep/2010 07:14 - 5206 days ago
It's been over three weeks since I last posted on this blog and during that time there have been a few notable events. The main ...
A volunteer's remuneration - 12/Aug/2010 05:53 - 5229 days ago
"You're going to work for a year and not get paid for it?" asked my Grandma before I left for India, surprised that anyone would...
What 210mm of rain looks like - 04/Aug/2010 15:06 - 5237 days ago
21 cms and a few weeks is all it's taken to transform Laporiya's semi-arid landscape from a dusty desert into lush fields filled...
Testing times in Varanasi - 25/Jul/2010 13:53 - 5247 days ago
It's no secret that at times I find my placement a struggle but one of the things that helps me through it is the community of V...
The full force of the monsoon - 24/Jul/2010 15:50 - 5248 days ago
Today the monsoon hit, hard. 54MM of rain fell in Laporiya in a couple of hours. As my Indian father sweetly joked, it was also ...
My new canine friend - 14/Jul/2010 05:15 - 5258 days ago
Not long ago, while I was staying in Jaipur I heard that we had a new dog and her puppy in Laporiya. After a previously unsucces...
Hindu Wedding Number 2 - 11/Jul/2010 05:12 - 5261 days ago
My family were invited to a wedding last weekend and so it came to pass that I attended my second Hindu wedding. It was held at ...
The problem with water - 03/Jul/2010 06:28 - 5269 days ago
I have a faint memory of living in a country where I turned the tap on and water came out, where I had baths, used washing machi...
Perceptions of time - 29/Jun/2010 15:37 - 5273 days ago
Written on Sunday 27th JuneTime may be constant, but our perception of time passing certainly isn't.In my previous life I had no...
Everything I eat in a day - 25/Jun/2010 12:08 - 5277 days ago
People frequently ask me what I eat here in Laporiya, so I decided to document all the meals and drinks I consumed in 24 hours.6...
My duty to jooti - 23/Jun/2010 15:11 - 5279 days ago
In rural Rajasthan jootis are obligatory. Traditional, hardwearing pointed shoes made from either camel or cow leather that stre...
A cool retreat to Manali - 21/Jun/2010 04:16 - 5281 days ago
India is hot this time of year touching temperatures of almost 50 degrees as millions anticipate the cooling monsoon. One place ...
Case Study: clean streets in Rahlana thanks to a new soak pit - 04/Jun/2010 10:05 - 5298 days ago
Just three months ago the streets next to Jagdish Sharma's house were filthy. Flies and mosquitos hovered over the dirty surface...
Three things that made me smile today - 31/May/2010 15:27 - 5302 days ago
I wasn't in the best mood today- the electricity has been going off at 3am each night so I wake up boiling hot and move outside ...
Time to reflect - 28/May/2010 16:28 - 5305 days ago
Last weekend I went to Delhi. I'd been looking forward to the trip every since Jen and Nikki had invited me to their backpackers...
A safe delivery for Mandora’s first child - 19/May/2010 05:16 - 5314 days ago
Mandora was afraid about what would happen during the delivery. She did not know how old she was, probably around 18 but this wa...
The prayer inside us all - 16/May/2010 12:18 - 5317 days ago
90 kilometres of warm desert air rushing through Bolero windowsSand, not yet scorched reaching up ankles and in between toesTwo ...
Mama's Green Mango Curry - 09/May/2010 08:00 - 5324 days ago
For me this is one of Mama's best vegetable dishes. It took a good hour of sitting with her to work out the recipe and translate...
Foranta - free to be a child - 06/May/2010 12:14 - 5327 days ago
Her grandmother was just 2 years old when she married; her mother was 5 when she married her 7 year old father. It seemed only r...
Two of my favourite little people - 06/May/2010 12:07 - 5327 days ago
Mookesh and Sumni are two of favourite friends here. They are little, and dirty, and sometimes have cow poo on their feet and sn...
Mangos, mending and black marks - 02/May/2010 14:26 - 5331 days ago
Nearly half the world's mangos are grown in India- 13.5 tonnes a year. It's their national fruit and from April to around Septem...
Adapting to the heat - 26/Apr/2010 13:07 - 5337 days ago
No one can tell you it's not going to be hot in Rajasthan. Where I am is 45kms from the Great Thar desert, in a semi-arid region...
Party wear, dress shopping and child marriage - 19/Apr/2010 15:37 - 5344 days ago
Last week my new aunty and cousin (Akshear) plotted to dress me up in my aunty's 'party wear'. So at the agreed time of 8.30am I...
How to make Mama's chai - 14/Apr/2010 07:31 - 5349 days ago
Chai is integral to Indian life, especially here in Laporiya, and from what I can work out, every cook has her (round here at le...
The day CNEB came to Laporiya - 11/Apr/2010 03:59 - 5352 days ago
On Friday I was woken at 5.45am by my boss, Jagveer, banging on my bedroom door. I rolled out of bed wondering what was happenin...
20 things you didn't know about my new life in Laporiya village - 06/Apr/2010 15:19 - 5357 days ago
Laxman Singh's grandfather used to be King of Laporiya and a few other villages. I'm living with him and his extended family. Th...
My last week as a Delhi Wallah - 02/Apr/2010 15:21 - 5361 days ago
It's 9am and I'm writing this aboard the Jammu Express train from Delhi to Jaipur, which I've been on since 4.35am. In an hour I...
Recipes from our first homecooked Indian meal - 01/Apr/2010 04:43 - 5362 days ago
Tomato Paneer2kgtomatoes2kg paneer (probably could’ve been 1.5kg)2 tbsp cooking oil200g chopped onion50g fresh ginger50g garli...
Paagal hei? (Are you crazy? The most useful Hindi phrase I’ve learnt this week.) - 24/Mar/2010 14:33 - 5370 days ago
Wow, a lot happens in India in a week. Almost every day is full of new experiences and things I just have to write in my journal...
2 weeks done, 50 to go! - 17/Mar/2010 06:26 - 5377 days ago
On the anniversary of my first two weeks in India, I thought it was about time I wrote my first blog post. Although I’ve spent...
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