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Into the Desert

Niyantha Shekar — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 11:16:38 +0000

It was a solid plan; to fall asleep before the cold got to us. Or so we thought.

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Village Vignettes: Romancing Rural Rajasthan

Chandni Singh — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 07:29:48 +0000

In Rajasthan, pride does not take on the ugly avatar of arrogance. It helps the people ground themselves in a coherent identity in the face of a fast globalising landscape.

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Village Vignettes: Harvest Season

Chandni Singh — Tue, 01 May 2012 13:57:46 +0000

Being a handicap in a farming family is a deadly curse—the ignominy of being an extra mouth to feed without the solace of being a helping hand.

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Village Vignettes: Happiness

Chandni Singh — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:42:04 +0000

The secret to happiness, so intangible, and yet so familiar, remains too tantalisingly nebulous to encapsulate in words.

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Village Vignettes: Opium for Dinner

Chandni Singh — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:37:04 +0000

For most of us, opium usually paints a picture of the messy tangle of the narcotics trade, undercover dealings, and sometimes, a withered Chinese lady smoking a pipe.

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