What will you bring home From India?

Bigzero

butterball,

an average malayali family simply CANNOT live without this calendar! this becomes the calendar ( of course ), expense tracker ( it has areas for tracking the regular expenses like milk, paper etc, event reminder ( they keep making notes to the empty spaces around the date boxes ), astrological chart ( also tells the good and bad times of the day ), important festivals/events, even as a placeholder to attach sticky notes, and even pin the odd sewing needle.

the calendar usually finds its pride of place in the kitchen where the lady of the house has the closest access.

the two leading dailies, malayala manorama and mathrubhumi compete with each other to grab the calendar market, by adding more and more "features" every year( more like a paper version of the MS outlook release ).

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mercedes10

Things I love to buy in India:

Lots of bangles, ear-rings, & anklets, pashminas (wow! so cheap! only in India could I afford to buy Pashminas in all colours!), pretty beaded sandals, spices for making chai, bags, statues of Hindu deities (though there's a limit to how many ganesh's a girl can have in her home!), recycled paper & journals covered in sari material, and Bollywood soundtracks on CD.

Nick-H

vestis, tailored kurtas in fantasticly coloured silk. Saris for my friends, jewelery for some. Sandalwood ornaments for people who've watered my cat and fed my plants. Oh, and dozens of Classical CDs ---one day I'll get around to listening to them all!

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butterball

It's a class item !

DianeN.

I love brass so I have a lot of beautiful Indian brassware...even though I've only been once. My Indian friends always bring me something. I bought a lovely bell in Bikaneer that I look at an enjoy every day...even clang it from time to time.
The fabrics are beautiful. I'm so glad I did not end up buying that gorgeous bed cover with the mirror work in it. After all, I live in Japan and don't even have a bed, let alone a king size one that was made for. But I did buy fabrics and cloths that I just take out and look at.
I love pottery, too. The yogurt maker I picked up in Udaipur makes a great decoration piece, and when I'm in the mood, also makes yogurt.

Bryan

Apart from leaving my spare tyre in india I usually bring back at least a bag load of Indian classical music CDs, too many wall hangings, blankets ...Kulu Waistcoats and hats, the odd statue, the very odd statue and tons of incense
Iussually send the coffee table books by book post
Oh nearly forgot the chess boards and back gamman boards of all sizes

Tried to briong home a proper caram board but it broke boo hoo ...I need a caram board
Anyone want tos end me one from india? ...Any of you Bangalore guys visiting a US company in Scotland ...we have opened a major office there ...if so let me know and send it internal mail hahahahaha
the wooden toys the wooden boxes the pyjama clothes jeez I could go on and on
Oh and then there's the silver jewellrey ...nice

I better stop now or the list will go on and on

Bryan

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kokopelli

my last bottle is almost finished.

Karma Queen

diwali paper stars to go over lightbulbs

rajhastani embroidered patchwork

saris

semi-precious stones and jewellery

camel leather satchels

and one more - incense

oo and inlaid marble

oo and little hindu god statues

and charms

and handmade paper with flower petals

Betsy Lotze

Lets just say that the backpack is nearly empty on the flight to India, and stuffed full of everything (even a couple of clay cups from the train) on the way home!

SitaParityaga

along with many of the other items already mentioned....

my favorite....

Blankets, lots of them. I'm still searching for the "each side a different plaid" types I once found in Allahabad. As a result, I have to keep going back to India to look for them.


I'm also partial to Ramayana and Mahabharata comic books.

bijapuri

I'm bringing back a lot of medications for relatives that have lousy insurance.

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Bigzero

---have heard that spectacles are quite popular since they seem to be dirt cheap compared to what you can get in the west. ( get an extra pair made while you are around )

DianeN.

I forgot to mention, Biotech skin care products....love that stuff! I've been using them for years...thanks to my friend always bringing them to me.

Krishnika

just food supplies - cashews, Goan sausages, bibenque, Halderan's sweets and treats...sometimes a small bit of gold jewerly.

Ikuru

Best thing I got in India was my stonecarved chessboard.... And my pushkar 100 rs blanket...

Next time I might bring anothe lunghi or two (you got to love them) and maybe a kashmiri blanket if i find the right one... Than a cotton shirt is allways nice... might reccord some sound too... You never know... I would bring a squat toilet and a enfield if I could carry and afford it.

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