What is India in your mind?

pquekel · Feb 14th, 2008, 14:51

...where an old man from Mysore travels with his wife in the same train as you are, from Cochin to Bangalore, and after a friendly conversation gives you Gandhi's autobiography, cause he promised himself to hand it out to the first traveller he finds it worthy of it...all just because I helped the pair with handling a big suitcase and we talked a while...still have the little book, with some kind words and name written in it by that old man...

rangers · Feb 14th, 2008, 15:00

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Originally Posted by pquekel

...and after a friendly conversation gives you Gandhi's autobiography, cause he promised himself to hand it out to the first traveller he finds it worthy of it...all just because I helped the pair with handling a big suitcase and we talked a while...still have the little book, with some kind words and name written in it by that old man...

In India people LIVE than EXIST..

brishti · Feb 14th, 2008, 15:49

please please dont 'think'

anymore rangers -
the light at the end of the tunnel may be an incoming train

:brishti

rangers · Feb 16th, 2008, 11:20

Don't worry please Bristi.Indian railways are 99% dependable.

brishti · Feb 16th, 2008, 17:38

umm -

i'll leave it at that rangers.

all i'm saying is - there is good and not-so-good. by ignoring/mystifying/glorifying the good, the not-so-good dont go away, nah?

:brishti

beach · Feb 17th, 2008, 22:18

Somewhere here I said “India is a gigantic chaos that is on the move!”.

India! - That’s her official name

Mickey S · Feb 17th, 2008, 22:56

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Originally Posted by rangers

In India people LIVE than EXIST..

For western tourists on their annual vacation, perhaps. But I think many, if not most, Indians merely exist.

camelgirl · Feb 17th, 2008, 23:12

Darn I missed the poll! Why closed so soon?

In my mind, India is like nowhere in the world and it's why I keep going back! That doesn't mean better or worse, just completely different.

Of course, I haven't been to every country in the world but I have been to about 35 and of those India stands alone.

It's the gestalt of the place--(it's the only word that works for me

-- Definition: set regarded as whole: a set of things such as a person's thoughts and experiences considered as a whole and regarded as amounting to more than the sum of its parts

[Early 20th century. < German, "shape"]

Well, that probably doesn't help--what can I say

I tried!

malabarian · Feb 17th, 2008, 23:28

India is culture, arts, architecture.

rangers · Feb 18th, 2008, 17:12

Beach..your writes on India is the best I have read here.. and thats my inspiration.
Yet I ponder if we can describe the India..that is not visited by tourist but it is there.

amyl · Feb 18th, 2008, 17:53

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But I think many, if not most, Indians merely exist.

I can put any country in this place. I have come to believe that there are all sorts of people in every corner of the world. Good, Bad, friendly, ebullient, dismal, and even obnoxious...all of them everywhere! It just depends on what kind one comes across to form an image of that place.

AwayFromHome · Feb 18th, 2008, 21:24

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Originally Posted by Mickey S

For western tourists on their annual vacation, perhaps. But I think many, if not most, Indians merely exist.

Oh Dear.

saajan_20 · May 7th, 2008, 02:55

INDIA is what all this blogging is about !!

TheFoolOnTheHill · May 14th, 2008, 22:50

home.

Sweet sweet home.

A pain in the ass, loud, cultured, awful, sunny, annoying, love it, hate it, filthy, pure, spiritual, nuerotic...

and always home.

Nick-H · May 14th, 2008, 23:00

Nicely balanced

I'll vere back to the romantic...

A place where a hundred woman on the same street are all wearing the same dress, all in different fabrics, all looking different, and all looking wonderful!

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Feb 14th, 2008, 15:49	#33
brishti Maha Guru Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: india Posts: 1,058	please please dont 'think' anymore rangers - the light at the end of the tunnel may be an incoming train :brishti Last edited by brishti : Feb 14th, 2008 at 16:29. Reason: deleting pontifications

Feb 17th, 2008, 23:12	#38
camelgirl 10 year Visa okee dokee Join Date: May 2005 Location: Swannanoa NC usa Posts: 917	Darn I missed the poll! Why closed so soon? In my mind, India is like nowhere in the world and it's why I keep going back! That doesn't mean better or worse, just completely different. Of course, I haven't been to every country in the world but I have been to about 35 and of those India stands alone. It's the gestalt of the place--(it's the only word that works for me -- Definition: set regarded as whole: a set of things such as a person's thoughts and experiences considered as a whole and regarded as amounting to more than the sum of its parts [Early 20th century. < German, "shape"] Well, that probably doesn't help--what can I say I tried! __________________ My selected India photos http://www.indiamike.com/photopost/s...r/7030/cat/500

Feb 17th, 2008, 23:28	#39
malabarian GS RAJAN Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: NCR, New Delhi Posts: 11	India is culture, arts, architecture. __________________ GS RAJAN malabarian@yahoo.com www.malabarian.com

May 14th, 2008, 22:50	#44
TheFoolOnTheHill An oval degree of eccentricity Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: The Himalayas Posts: 51	India is home. Sweet sweet home. A pain in the ass, loud, cultured, awful, sunny, annoying, love it, hate it, filthy, pure, spiritual, nuerotic... and always *home.* __________________ Say no to Novocaine - Transcend Dental Medication

Feb 14th, 2008, 14:51	#31
pquekel Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The Netherlands/Eindhoven Posts: 157	...where an old man from Mysore travels with his wife in the same train as you are, from Cochin to Bangalore, and after a friendly conversation gives you Gandhi's autobiography, cause he promised himself to hand it out to the first traveller he finds it worthy of it...all just because I helped the pair with handling a big suitcase and we talked a while...still have the little book, with some kind words and name written in it by that old man...

Feb 16th, 2008, 11:20	#34
rangers Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: India Posts: 450	Don't worry please Bristi.Indian railways are 99% dependable.

Feb 16th, 2008, 17:38	#35
brishti Maha Guru Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: india Posts: 1,058	umm - i'll leave it at that rangers. all i'm saying is - there is good and not-so-good. by ignoring/mystifying/glorifying the good, the not-so-good dont go away, nah? :brishti

Feb 17th, 2008, 22:18	#36
beach Lost in translation Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: India Posts: 2,230	Somewhere here I said “India is a gigantic chaos that is on the move!”. India! - That’s her official name

Feb 18th, 2008, 17:12	#40
rangers Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: India Posts: 450	Beach..your writes on India is the best I have read here.. and thats my inspiration. Yet I ponder if we can describe the India..that is not visited by tourist but it is there.

May 7th, 2008, 02:55	#43
saajan_20 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: bombay {mumbai} Posts: 311	INDIA is what all this blogging is about !!

May 14th, 2008, 23:00	#45
Nick-H Loud-mouthed, Noisy Bird Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 24,219	Nicely balanced I'll vere back to the romantic... A place where a hundred woman on the same street are all wearing the same dress, all in different fabrics, all looking different, and all looking wonderful! __________________ . IndiaMike Mod Team (The Grumpy One)

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