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One of the things I love about entering an Indian home is the mingled scents that greet you: fragrant incense from the shrine and the mouth-watering aromas of spices from the kitchen. Garlands of flowers strung over some doorways. Here are what some of the spices look like: Very pretty in the kitchen as you cook with them, as you can see. And
the grains are colorful, too. I used to keep glass jars of thegrains on my countertops, but then I needed the work space, so,
back they went behind closed doors.
We visited two more homes during our stay. One was to my husband's sister at the home of her youngest son, Madhu, and his family. As mentioned earlier, she keeps busy at three households, as she has a daughter in Bangalore and two sons, Madhu and Vasu, in Chennai. |
| My husband's sister, Pattu. |
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| BR: Rohid, Malathi, Maithreyi; FR: Madhu, Pattu, me . |
Like Ashok in Bangalore, Madhu is a tech expert, but he has a multitude of interests, including poetry and homeopathic medicine and acupressure. On our visit, he gave me five exercises to do that help control allergies and boost immunity, among other things. (The allergy ones seem to be working, too!) His daughter,, Maithreyi is a doctor in homeopathic medicine and is now beginning he
Miss New India by Bharati Mukherjee
19 yr old Anjali Bose lives is Gauripaur. Her future is already preset. Anjali father is searching for her future husband. Anjali doesn't want to get married early or have her husband selected. She's also very smart, though living in a small town and being a woman she can't be too smart. Angjali is too big for Gauripaur but she doesn't know how to get out.
Peter Champion a former teacher encourages Anjali to leave and make a life for herself in Bangalore. After an awful encounter with the chosen husband to be, she sets off for Bangalore and a new life. I really enjoyed this story and was quickly drawn in by the writing.
"Angie Bose had lived nineteen years in Gauripur and was a year and a half from graduating with a degree from the best school in town, and no one had ever spoken to her about the nature of truth or art, or assumed she cared or knew anything about it. She knew there were plenty of pretty shots of the Taj Mahal- hard to mess that one up and the Himalayas and animals and famous faces but she'd never thought of them as plotted. Truth? Context? Composition? She'd never had a serious discussion about anything. She was the second daughter of a railway clerk; she was supposed to go to school, obey teachers and parents, graduate and get married, obey her husband, and have children. Truth was what the community, teachers, parents, and eventual husband said it was."
Mukherjee created a realistic and likable character in Anjali, a young woman who simply wants to find her place in the world. Miss New India is a great coming of age story.
I've enjoyed it. Nothing like having family someplace to really find out what the place is like.
I've really enjoyed these posts.
Love the spice pictures!
Great posts, Mitty. I enjoyed every one. Thanks for sharing your travels.
I LOVE Indian food. And your descriptions at the end of all the sights and sounds is beautiful.
Richard, you are so right. If my travels to India had been with, say, a tourist group, I know I would see a very different India.
Theresa and Rosi, I'm glad you've been enjoying the posts. I enjoy sharing India, as you can tell. Journaling just doesn't seem communicative enough.
Alexia, thanks for the kind comments about the closing graph.
I've very much enjoyed the journey! I can almost smell the spices. The colors of the culture--food, clothing, everything--is so rich!
Elizabeth, you seem to have collected a treasure trove of memories each more richer than the other.
This one makes me long for India all over again! Lovely post.
--Damyanti, Co-host A to Z Challenge April 2012
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Lydia and Rachna, yes, "rich" is the word that comes to mind. India has lots of material poverty, but is rich in spiritual strength and culture and beautiful tradition.
Damyanti, I can understand. India stays with you. I always love going again.
Lovely post Mitty.So colourful and aromatic.
Lovely. The spice pictures are beautiful. Thank you for sharing a part of you with us all. :-)
Thank you for the journey. I've loved going back and reading all your posts and getting to know the place.