Jul 18th, 2006, 21:28
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'sort of hate India' club member
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Chennai, via Romania
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for a moment I thought that's all you have in your backpack
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Jul 18th, 2006, 21:36
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Perpetual Lurker
Join Date: May 2003
Location: So. California
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Oh! Good One!!!
Nah, got loads of other stuff in the bag also. Clothes, meds, toiletries etc.....oh, and a bottle of Jose Cuervo......   KariB |
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Jul 19th, 2006, 20:45
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desi_chic
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: US, but daydreaming in India
Posts: 206
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just finished brethren by grisham.
halfway done with zahir by coelho (very good read!)
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Jul 20th, 2006, 00:34
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I want my baby back babyback babyback babyback
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: United States of America
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I'm reading a well written book called Armies of the Raj by Byron Farwell.
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Jul 20th, 2006, 01:18
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: kharagpur
Posts: 137
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Just finished "Travelling with Che Guevara" by Alberto Granado
Currently reading "Snow Leopard" by Peter Mathiessen(willingly) and course material(unwillingly)  |
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Jul 20th, 2006, 01:30
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: kharagpur
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"Travelling with Che Guevara" was simply awesome.......
"Snow Leopard" is turning out to be more of Buddhism and Philosophy so its taking longer to finish. Well as far as course material is concerned....its better not to say anything..... |
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Jul 20th, 2006, 02:58
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Maha Guru Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: north wales, UK
Posts: 667
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have just read a wonderful book called 'blue is the colour of heaven' by an aussie called richard loseby.
It is the story of his travels through iraq, iran and finally (his main objective) afghanistan aided by contacts he has made with mujahedeen. It is a quite incredible travel experience and unlike anything i could or indeed ever would want to have but you have to hand it to him. I found the connections he makes with individual mujahedeen very moving and genuine, and even the big question of why someone would want to travel through a warzone gets answered (sort of) right at the end. Very good stuff! |
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Jul 20th, 2006, 05:53
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Super Mode
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Chandigarh - Blore NON-STOP
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Though an old one..m reading chetan bhagat's five point someone.
This book is about five things not to do while in IIT.
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"Your thoughts could be your prison" My pics on flickr Kerela backwaters - by beach |
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Jul 25th, 2006, 01:24
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Dreaming of India...
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: New York
Posts: 370
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Reading 1000 years for revenge.
In the pipeline is: Religious Nationalism: Hindus and Muslims in India |
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Aug 4th, 2006, 02:21
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Maha Guru Member
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: The OC
Posts: 975
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I'm reading and thoroughly enjoying "Cry of the Kalahari" by Mark & Cordelia Owens in preperation for a 5 week trip through southern Africa in September/October.
Next year, back to India! |
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Aug 4th, 2006, 08:30
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is sorry
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: perth
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'cathedrals of the flesh' by alexia brue. a travel story about one woman's search for the perfect bath house experience. she travels from turkey through greece, russia, finland and japan.
it's lighthearted, entertaining and extremely educational. and now i'm thinking a bath house tour of the world seems like quite a cool idea... |
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Aug 17th, 2006, 22:20
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Dreaming of India...
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: New York
Posts: 370
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Currently reading:
Religious Nationalism: Hindus and Muslims in India by van der Veer |
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Aug 17th, 2006, 23:09
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Maha Guru Member
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Dublin
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I am now re-reading 'Gulliver's Travels' for the first time since I was about 6 or 7 years old.
Also currently reading 'Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Madina and Mecca', by Richard Burton, maybe the first non-Muslim to make the Haj. Great stuff!!! |
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Aug 17th, 2006, 23:44
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: UT,SLC-CA,-Bay Area
Posts: 248
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Buddha Discourses
Greetings
Here is a different one that I am slowly working my way through: "The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha" translation of Majjhiman Nikaya, translated by Bhikku Nanamoil and Bhikkhu Bodhi Great for my mediation practice, I get more info out of the notes often than the discourses.  I also read lots of Stephan King and Dean Koonts, now that a wide variety of literacy input.  Kind of like shock treatment and mediation at the same time Separate question: Could some one PM me as how to insert special characters item my messages.I often can't spell names properly due to lack of knowledge with special characters and does IM messages have a spellcheck? your spelling champion (not)- gregor
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To conclude with the ever inspiring words of the Buddha: "If the roots remain untouched and firm in the ground, a felled tree still puts forth new shoots. If the underlying habit of craving and aversion is not uprooted, suffering arises anew over and over again." ~Dhammapada XXIV verse 338 |
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Aug 30th, 2006, 00:02
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Dreaming of India...
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: New York
Posts: 370
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Currently reading:
Pakistan's Drift into Extremism - by Hassan Abbas |
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