Why won’t these mosquitos leave me alone in the Internet cafe?
You’d think the AC would deter them. Or that they’d bother the rest of the customers. Or something. But no, just me they want for lunch. They’re worse here than anyplace else I’ve been, in all of India. Seriously.
Also, I [...]

Posted on August 14th, 2005 by Lee
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In an effort to get myself to take more pictures of everyday life in India, I’ve started a photo mini-project. I call it Drive By Shooting. Basically, I spend a lot of time riding on the back of a motorcycle traveling into small villages to work. So I’m capitalizing on that time [...]

Posted on August 11th, 2005 by Lee
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India receives 90% of its rain during monsoon season so forecasting monsoons is critical for productive farming. Fortunately, according to an article in Nature (subs. req.), the Indian Meteorological Department has found a way to make its forecast better than any other available - they have suppresed publication of the other forecasts. The [...]

Posted on August 10th, 2005 by Lee
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Did you know there’s a channel called fashion television?
Me neither. But while channel surfing today, I stumbled upon it somewhere between the 3-dozen channels showing Indian music videos. In watching it, I was quickly reminded of a few important truths:

Most runway models are not really all that attractive. In general, they’re [...]

Posted on August 9th, 2005 by Lee
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Yesterday I went to the beach.
Getting to the beach is another story, however. The trip is only about 10 miles, but it takes an hour to get there, as the state buses stop at every little place along the way and sit, hoping to scoop up a couple more riders. The end result [...]

Posted on August 8th, 2005 by Lee
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