India travel blog

Chanced upon this really good blog by this English guy about his travels in India - he's brilliant! His insights, descriptions, experiences will all strike a chord at some point with everybody who's from or has ever been to India. You can see he loves India, accepts its idiosyncracies and still has a whale of a time - and the best part is he's very very VERY funny while writing all about it. Well worth a look, and I can tell I'm going to be spending a lot of time reading all his posts here:

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Tag -

I'm it! Surprisingly easy to play tag when it's just me in the game. No strain on any faculty whatsoever.

Here goes the meme:

I am thinking about...
Going home.

I said...
"Isnt it 5 pm YET?"

I want to...
break free. (I mean, what else could I possibly say?)

I wish...
Plants could propagate without pollen. Hayfever is misery.

I miss...
Going to Kodaikkanal with my friends

I hear...
birdsong at 3a.m, although I dont WANT to.

I wonder...
why hardly anybody tags me. I like memes, folks!

I regret...
Not being more organised with photos taken over the years.

I am...
mostly happy.

I dance...
only at gunpoint on a bed of live coals while surrounded by a pink elephant orchestra wearing fake fur coats and playing "I dont want to dance" by Eddy Grant.

I sing...
when nobody can hear me.

I cry...
when I read moving passages in books, and at melodramatic Indian movies (but if anybody asks, I deny it)

I am not always...
sociable.

I make with my hands...
sometimes works of art, sometimes just a mess.

I write...
in black ink with a fountain pen.

I confuse...
easily.

I need...
books. All the time. Everywhere I go. Whatever I do.

I should try...
And then again, I shouldnt.

I listen to...
whatever I like.

I find...
things I wasnt looking for. And, sometimes, things I was.

I dislike...
narrow-minded attitudes.

I have...
a well-developed sense of the absurd.

I'd like...
to get rid of all terrorists in all countries and from all religions.

I expect...
that someone will find this meme silly.

I finish...
with a flourish.

I tag...
Whoever wants to be tagged. (Please let me know!)

Priorities...

The NSPCC (National Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children) keeps showing an ad on TV that goes something like this: "At this moment, there are 32,000 children in danger of being beaten, abused or even killed in their own homes. Shall we stop it now?" and then they ask for a donation of £2 a month. This is a charity, so their asking for help is okay. What I'D like to know is, if it is established fact that 32,000 children are in danger right now, why is the government not doing anything about it? Why isnt it spending a few billions on helping these children who are known to be at risk? Why leave it to a charity? Why waste all that money on stupid useless projects that never get completed, or on even more useless and destructive wars?

And on a not entirely unconnected note, there's a charity that helps animals and also has its own ad on TV. Guess how much THEY need to save animals? £4 a month. That's right. £2 for children, but £4 for animals. Not that I have anything against animals, but...

Plus, there's a Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals... but perhaps the Regent doesnt feel a need for royal protection extended to children?